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TIL bats represent about 20% of all mammal species worldwide

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JY8WV Great Red Spot’s days are numbered and it’s possible that it could be entirely gone within our lifetimes.
Z8JwY TIL In 2009, a retired policeman called Geraint Woolford was admitted to Abergale Hospital in north Wales and ended up next to another retired policeman called Geraint Woolford. The men weren’t related, had never met and were the only two people in the UK called Geraint Woolford.
Qvbd TIL the word “wizard” comes from “wise”. “Wise” comes from the ancient word “weid” meaning “to see”. A wizard is one who sees.
1QEV TIL when Gene Wilder stabbed himself with a scalpel in “Young Frankenstein” it wasn’t in the script; he did it for real and kept going.
9YEmm TIL The church of Scientology once tried to take over a city in Florida