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TIL there exists a bat 29-33 mm in length and weighs only 2 g

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W7rMA TIL that nearly one-quarter of Manhattan is built on landfill. Notable examples include Battery Park City, constructed using material excavated during the World Trade Center’s construction, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, developed atop decades of coal ash and garbage dumps.
0dXbR TIL You are taller in the morning. When you sleep, your spine stretches out, making you slightly taller when you first wake up. Throughout the day, gravity causes you to compress again.
ONE7 TIL the number of devices connected to the internet now exceeds the number of people in the world
XEvgP TIL that Phil Collins performed at Live Aid on both sides of the Atlantic, at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium
ne4Wd TIL the highest priority alert that can be issued is an Emergency Action Notification (EAN), sometimes called a “presidential alert”. An EAN sets into motion a series of events that causes all US TV and radio stations to become linked together to simulcast the President, or another federal official.