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TIL that the islands of Hawaii have no native mammals except for one species of bat

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6EO78 TIL Sal Khan (founder of Khan Academy) was the lead singer of a death metal band
AeV7 TIL George Orwell had difficulty finding a publisher for ‘Animal Farm.’ It was rejected because it was critical of the Soviet Union. Written during WWII, it was feared that it might hurt relations between Britain and the USSR. When it was finally published the preface about censorship was omitted.
newKb TIL that unlike knives and spoons which have been around since antiquity, forks only appeared in the Middle Ages. They did not see common use for centuries, with records of British sailors ars recently as 1897 refusing to use forks as they considered them effeminate and unmanly.
n5gr TIL “anti-social” is commonly misused to describe someone who is actually “asocial”. “Anti-social” describes a person who commits immoral acts.
Pg9e TIL meth users are recycling the chemicals from their urine or just consuming it to get high.