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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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8apBL TIL Project Grizzly is a documentary about a Canadian man who, inspired by Robocop and a bear encounter, determined to make bear-proof body armor. In it he's beaten with 2X4s, thrown off a cliff, and slammed into by a truck at 50km/hr. It's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite documentaries.
Br8DL TIL that Ishinosuke Uwano, a WWII Japanese soldier who had been missing since 1958, was found alive in Ukraine aged 83. He’d been declared dead in 2000. He hadn't visited Japan in 60 years and had to enter the country on a Ukraine passport.
dDM0Z TIL that Sweden has the most number of islands in the world with 267,570 islands out of which 221,831 are named and only around 1000 of them are inhabited.
jNBvM TIL That in chess, white is slightly more likely to win than black in competitive matches. White wins 52% to 56% of the time compared to black.
M7KxV TIL about Transformative Power of Handwriting with Apple Pencil