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TIL 97% of girls in Egypt have had their clitoris cut off.

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4kB45 TIL that the largest vampire bat in history attacked animals as large as deer. The wingspan of 'Desmodus draculae' was 20 inches. It may have inspired a Mayan bat-god, and legends of a vulture-sized blood-eating bat. Believed extinct, but stories continue of "large bats attacking cattle and horses".
4k6rb TIL that approximately 1,000 copies of the Ultimate Toy Box edition of the movie Toy Story 2 were shipped with a processing error that included a scene from an R-rated film 'High Fidelity', which featured the usage of the word "F**k" several times.
QQxa TIL there’s a Southeast Asian sport called Sepak Takraw which is like volleyball but with feet only, it looks impressive and VERY difficult
7rRNM TIL Toy Story had many rejected titles when looking for an official one, some of these including "Toyz in the Hood" and "The Cowboy & The Spaceman", in the end however they went with Toy Story which was originally just a temporary placeholder name during the creation of the project.
WkbOL TIL “Big Boy” founder Bob Wian invented the double-decker hamburger 31 years before McDonalds came out with the “Big Mac,” the burger was almost an exact replica. Long live the Big Boy.