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TIL bats represent about 20% of all mammal species worldwide
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TIL that despite being universally considered part of Europe due to cultural and geopolitical reasons, the island of Sicily in Italy is actually part of the African Tectonic Plate.
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TIL that a Googolplex, or 10^(10^100), is a number so large that in written form, it would not fit within the observed universe.
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TIL That, in order to fight the Great Depression, FDR moved Thanksgiving to earlier in November so as to give Americans an extra week of Christmas shopping.
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TIL Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and learning – according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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TIL that the pinky promise originally meant is the person doesn’t keep their promise their pinky finger would be chopped off.