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TIL: The Japanese developed an electric car in 1949 that could travel 200km on a single charge.

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7RA7 TIL Ravens are one of few wild animals who are playful. They even make their own toys and play games with otters and wolves.
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D1kXv TIL about the female pilots who fought for the Soviet Union in WW2. They were deemed the Night Witches as their wooden planes had the sound of a flying broom and were very crucial to the war effort. They only lost 30 out of 400 women who flew over 30,000 missions.
GY9NJ TIL that Harry Nilsson was worried about renting Flat 12 to the Who's drummer, Keith Moon, believing it was cursed because singer Cass Elliot had died there at age 32. Moon took the flat saying "lightning wouldn't strike twice." He died in the flat age 32, having taken an overdose of 32 pills
9mXp TIL: When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.