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TIL Researchers have determined that bats address each other as individuals and frequently get into arguments.

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W707B TIL A Japanese engineer survived both the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombs. During the Hiroshima blast, he threw himself into a ditch just 3 kilometers from ground 0. Three days later, his boss in Nagasaki was calling him crazy for saying that a bomb had destroyed Hiroshima when Nakazaki was hit.
QJlMk TIL Queen Elizabeth has only bowed to one person since becoming the Monarch. It was Princess Diana's coffin at her funeral.
D1wMe TIL 2018 is the fourth year in a row Costa Rica generated more than 98% of its electricity from renewable sources. Almost no fossil fuels were used.
jNbKp TIL: Jaywalking was made a crime, primarily due to car makers wanting to shift blame of accidents to pedestrians, instead of drivers. This was done to help prevent the image of the car as being a dangerous luxury, which would have hurt sales.
XE89j TIL According to the convention of Geneva an ejected pilot in the air is not a combatant and therefore attacking him is a war crime.