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TIL the Kitti's hog-nosed bat aka bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal by body length 29-33mm(1.1-1.3”)

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B77y TIL The hit song “Blinded by the Light” was written by and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, who made it by going through a rhyming dictionary and looking for rhymes and ended up being unsuccessful, but was covered by Manfred Man and became a #1 hit.
R5eW6 TIL of the Satanic Panic, a moral panic that spread throughout the United States in the 1980s and early 90s. Despite over 12,000 claims of ritualistic Satanic abuse, investigators never found convincing evidence that any such groups existed, much less committed the claimed crimes
LQYed TIL that Singapore banned chewing gum 1992 to 2004. The ban was so strict that travelers had to declare any gum at immigration, and violators faced fines up to S$10,000 or jail time.
xDy1 TIL in 1883, the body of a bear and Frank Devereaux were found dead beside each other with the ground around them thrashed for 20 square feet. It’s believed the man and bear fought to the death.
1BX7 TIL It is illegal to lock your car doors in downtown Churchill, Manitoba in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear