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TIL Bracken Cave (Texas) has the largest bat colony on Earth. The bats are a great benefit to cotton farmers in the region.

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pD9e TIL one of Jupiter’s moon’s, Io, is the driest thing and most geologically active object in the Solar System
71DZ TIL murderer and suspected serial killer Charles Davis raped and strangled his victims and left them on his ambulance route. He would phone in tips and then respond in his ambulance to retrieve the bodies.
pLQp TIL a NZ citizen was imprisoned inside one of the world’s harshest prisons in Myanmar for over a year because he posted an image of Buddha with headphones on his Facebook page.
R8p8 TIL the popular knock pattern, 5 knocks/pause/2 knocks, is called “Shave and a Haircut … Two Bits” and that the tune is highly offensive in Mexico.
J1rJ4 TIL a murder board is a group of people who evaluate proposals or help someone prepare for an exam.