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TIL Bats account for 20% of all mammal species worldwide.

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4A1w TIL that Kevin Carter committed suicide 3 months after winning the Pulitzer Prize for a photograph of a starving toddler being stalked by a vulture
O8Pe TIL that Big Bird has a Teddy bear named Radar. This is a tribute to actor Gary Burghoff, who played Radar O'Reilly in MASH a character who was known for his teddy bear companion. Burghoff was also an activist for bird preservation.
6xxW TIL the American animated television show RoboTech is the result of heavily editing three Japanese television series that were previously unrelated to one another.
WXm9 TIL Fifty Years Ago, the Transistor Radio Was the Hottest Gift For the Holiday Season
mx7Bp TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.