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TIL that bats are responsible for pollinating agave plants for making tequila

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doB8 TIL of Bayard Rustin, the man behind MLK Jr’s use of non-violent protest from which Byron learned in India taking part in Ghandi’s movement. An openly gay black man who refused to hide his sexual orientation during his fights for civil rights.
VM7V4 TIL that some of the coughing sound effects from General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith were actually recordings of George Lucas while he had bronchitis.
LQA50 TIL of Mal Meninga, whose political career lasted only 28 seconds
0dpo5 TIL in 1990, a panel of the windscreen on British Airways Flight 5390 fell out at 17,000ft, causing the cockpit to decompress & its captain to be sucked halfway out of the aircraft. He survived.
DAjY TIL: That Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, was a Vietnam war veteran, R&B recording artist, private investigator and mail carrier.