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TIL the UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century.

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WjAX TIL Gary Sinise (LT Dan) started a band after 9/11 called the LT Dan Band and has performed an average of 30 Gigs per year since for Soldiers serving over-seas, and is the national spokesperson for American Veterans Disabled for Life memorial
l7lYG TIL that female vampire bats are highly social, coordinating with a group of friends to find prey, and going as far as to share blood (by regurgitating it into each other's mouths). This circle of trust helps bats survive - a hungry bat can always take a "blood loan" from a bat that overfed.
VB1X4 TIL every May in Hamburg tugboats perform choreographed tugboat ballet to the tunes of waltz
neXBG TIL Australia's first cops were all criminals. Their first police force was made up of 12 of the best behaved convicts.
KOJRQ TIL Max Brooks, author of World War Z and son of Mel Brooks, is dyslexic. Brooks' mother, Anne Bancroft, put her career on hold to educate her son, making audio cassettes for all his assigned readings. Brooks thanked his mother, saying, "not only did my mother give me my life, she saved my life."