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TIL Daniel Waters, screenwriter of "Heathers" also co-wrote "Batman Returns"

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gMdaA TIL that Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from"
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.
Wk804 TIL Scientists tracking the migration of swifts discovered they can stay airborne for 10 months straight without ever landing. Of those birds that did land, they still spent 99.5% of their ten months in the air.
R7lQ9 TIL bee hives are kept on top of Notre Dame to increase urban biodiversity
neeGG According to satellite observations, it occurs more often over land than over the oceans. And lightning seems to happen more often closer to the equator.