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TIL there is a town called Bat Cave, North Carolina which is named after the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America, and predates the creation of Batman

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16Qwd Today I learned that Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is on a wall instead of on the ground. This is because Ali, a devout Muslim, did not want people stepping on the name "Muhammad".
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