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TIL Bats are not even remotely related to rodents, but are instead closer related to primates and lemurs

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wL9D6 TIL any citizen of a Commonwealth nation can seek consular assistance at the British Embassy, and even be granted a British Emergency Passport
DDjY TIL in 2012 alone, 6500 US military veterans committed suicide, accounting to roughly 22 per day.
78bkX TIL Freshwater fish urinate almost non-stop
j618M TIL almost all rice contains arsenic, a Group 1 carcinogen. Research found that 50% of rice consumed in the United Kingdom intended for infant consumption exceeded the required levels of arsenic. However, scientists found a method of cooking rice that removes much of the arsenic.
1OAr TIL that in 1953, Iran had a democratically elected prime minister. The US and the UK violently overthrew him, and installed a west friendly monarch in order to give British Petroleum - then AIOC - unrestricted access to the country’s resources.