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TIL about "Homewrecker Laws."l In 6 US states it's legal to sue somebody who ruins your marriage.

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ADGkl TIL Honduran white bats (Ectophylla alba) or Caribbean white tent-making bats, create their own daytime sleeping quarters by using their teeth to cut the ribs of large leaves causing them to fold down to form a tent. They appear as white puffballs when they gather in groups.The bats mostly eat figs.
yd48 TIL in 1998 Serena Williams claimed she could beat any male tennis player ranked over 200, Karsten Braasch, ranked 203 at the time, accepted the challenge and beat Serena 6-1, followed by Venus 6-2. Subsequently Serena then changed her claim to any male player ranked over 350, but never challenged.
dy7K TIL that 24 rabbits set lose in Australia grew to a population of 10 billion in about 67 years
nWeeb TIL the original Bisquick formula was inspired by a dining car chef on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Said chef mixed the dry ingredients for the RR's biscuit recipe, stored it in the icebox, then added liquid ingredients when needed to have fresh biscuits ready at a moment's notice.
LkB1V TIL that only 10% of wine 'experts' can consistently rate the wine from the same bottle in the same way, and they aren't consistent the next year. After analysing results across wine competitions in california, medals were found to be distributed at random.