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TIL bats make up 25% of all mammal species

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ep9Xb TIL that the “cool S,” a common symbol in graffiti and children’s doodles since the 1980s, was trademarked in 2020. The trademark holder had no hand in the symbol’s creation, but stated no intention to sue other users of it.
wLDB7 TIL about Pili Multigemini, one follicle with multiple hairs fused together.
b9Z5p TIL Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling's final project was Fantasy Park, a 1975 radio concert. It was a 48-hour long rock concert edited together from dozens of separate live acts, including The Beatles. Presented as an actual concert, stations reportedly received calls asking how to get to the show.
9w4jG TIL of the Tlatelolco massacre, a student protest that led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being injured, after the mexican government had snipers firing at the Mexican Armed Forces to make it appear the protest had turned violent and justify the massacre
ebOg TIL: An elephant’s trunk has more than 40,000 muscles. In comparision a human being only has 639 muscles total.