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TIL bats make up 25% of all mammal species

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DQVRj TIL - When Alice Cooper played his “School’s Out” concert in 1972 at the Hollywood Bowl, he had a helicopter fly over and drop women’s panties on the crowd
x6a9g TIL of the United States military training film A Welcome to Britain. Released in 1943, it educated GI’s about the less ethnically segregated UK and was narrated by Burgess Meredith.
e0kkD TIL sea level rise is caused by two main factors, melting land ice (glaciers), and "thermal expansion" the expansion of space between water molecules as the ocean gets warmer. So the ocean is both gaining water molecules, and the water molecules are spreading out and taking up more space.
0ob1 TIL: Clovers have DOUBLE the chromosomes of humans. Because of their crazy reproductive habits, it’s almost impossible to figure out if four leafed clovers are genetic traits or caused by environment.
b9gPQ TIL that Cougars have a rich social structure and even share kill with other cougars, who eventually return the favor.