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TIL bats represent about 20% of all mammal species worldwide

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oRJ4o TIL the discoverer of the coelacanth, naturalist Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, had to fight with the taxi driver, the museum curator, the morgue director (it was summer), and the cold storage supervisor. Then the taxidermist botched the job, and the photo film fell into the mud and got destroyed.
epV7b TIL - Conplan 8888 A Real Government Zombie Apocalypse Contingency Plan
oBKjo TIL that Russia gave the United States a memorial to the victims of 9/11
MeJn8 TIL that Qantas transported a jet engine on a 747
vPkK TIL the “world’s worst nuclear disaster” was the result of two individuals stealing a radiotherapy source - and using it’s core as jewelry.