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TIL a single bat can eat 2,000 mosquitoes in one night

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DLaD TIL there was a so called “helpful worm” that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download security patches from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself.
b9N19 TIL of Mamitu Gashe, an Ethiopian woman who suffered from an obstetric fistula as a teen. She remained at the free hospital where it was repaired to help out with chores. Over time her responsibilities grew, until she became one of the leading surgeons in her field without formal medical education.
69RmX TIL that “costed” is not how you say how much something cost in the past. You just use “cost”.
LkEkv TIL after a Hell's Angels member threw a tire iron at Evel Knievel during a stunt show, he and a majority of the spectators fought back, sending three of the fifteen Hells Angels members to the hospital
VpYk TIL there is an underground group in Paris who spent months infiltrating the Pantheon in 2006 to repair a clock