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TIL that 70% of all of the World’s fruit is pollinated solely by bats.

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96BG TIL That in 1936 at a surprise birthday party for Walt Disney two animators presented an animated Mickey and Minnie Mouse sex tape, Disney laughed and asked who made the film, after one of the men stepped forward Disney fired him.
AGkn TIL 41% of transgender people attempt suicide
ylJl TIL the Puritans didn’t come to America to avoid religious persecution but because they wanted to be able to persecute
VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
LQyvP TIL that coffee was originally consumed as wine, when coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia, they were fermented and consumed as a type of wine. It wasn't until later that the practice of roasting and brewing the beans as we know it today emerged.