Contrary to popular belief, bat saliva is actually an anticoagulant. It prevent blood clotting to prolong bleeding.

"Oh no! You've ruined bat ponies for me forever!" One of you might say. But fear not! Bat saliva does have beneficial effects, including treating strokes.

That's right! The saliva of the bat can break up blood clots which can, among other things, prevent certain types of strokes.

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Chronicling the inevitable rise of our glorious robot overlords!

For now we have plenty of advantages over robots, cybernetic body parts and other machines, among which is self-repair. If your arm gets scratched the scratch heals itself and is gone in a few days, but if your phone gets scratched, then it's scratched forever.

Or at least that's how it used to be.

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Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Luminary only managed to get one. I want to know how he stacks up against the competition.

So how many of these characters can you name? Hint: they're all witches.

It's all true.

Apparently a diet of blood isn't good for the taste buds. Centuries of a blood-based diet have lead vampire bats (and all vampires really) to lose their sense of taste. Bitter was the first to go, and now they're loosing their ability to taste sweet and unami flavors as well.

So all those pictures of bat ponies drinking milkshakes?

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A 2016 presidential candidate has promised to give free ponies to all Americans if elected!

Not only will he provide us all with free ponies, but has ambitious plans to create a "pony based" economy which will end our dependency on foreign oil among other things

Video below:

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