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TIL that vampire bats have an anti-coagulant in their saliva called 'draculin'. It's currently being used in clinical trials to help human stroke patients.

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mp6E TIL: When Edward I of England was coming back from the ninth crusade in 1272, he learned that his father had died and that he had been made king of England. Instead of returning home to be crowned, Edward went on a leisurely trip in Italy and France for almost two years and only came back in 1274.
woEeY TIL Audrey Hepburn's mother met Hitler and wrote favorable articles about him for the British Union of Fascists
YKbB TIL The singing voices of Homer, Apu, Barney, and Skinner in The Simpsons episode “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” were provided by Disneyland’s The Dapper Dans
ZpVOQ TIL wasps are valuable pest control agents and pollinators.
ZVdD TIL some species of carpenter ants can explode at will. As a last resort, they contract their abs to rupture their internal glands, resulting in a suicidal burst of corrosive, immobilizing glue.