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TIL bats make up 25% of all mammal species

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jNnGR TIL about the moon landing’s ‘Human Computers’. Who were a group of women, who held math and science degrees, and were responsible for managing the moon landing’s incredibly complex calculations. They also did it real-time, by written hand, and were faster than any technology available before 1970.
0dwr1 TIL that Harry Houdini had skepticism of anything mystical and had intense anger at miracle workers, spiritualists, and mediums that preyed on vulnerable people.
GAlQE TIL that the largest church in the world is The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Ivory Coast. It can accommodate 18,000 worshipers, but ordinary liturgies conducted at the basilica are usually attended by only a few hundred people.
oRkdL TIL that when adjusted for 2022 inflation Gone With the Wind made over $4 billion at the Box Office, making it the highest grossing film in history.
PAJO TIL the reason the Gamecube and Wii cannot play standard DVD discs is because the consoles spin the media at a constant angular velocity (the disc spins at the same speed regardless of the laser’s position) versus a constant linear velocity as with standard drives/players.