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TIL Using machine learning, researchers have been able to decode what fruit bats are saying--surprisingly, they mostly argue with one another.

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gKRy TIL there’s a day in the Netherlands called “rokjesdag”, which translates to skirts day. That’s the day in spring all girls are suddenly wearing skirts. This day is an invention of writer/columnist Martin Bril.
gM70L TIL Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, trams resumed their routes in the ruins of the city.
VMPNm TIL a study in 2019 found the average American hasn’t made a new friend in five years, and 45 percent of adults say they find it difficult to make friends in general.
0wej5 TIL that in Belgium if you go 15 years without voting, you are not allowed to vote for another 10 years.
mxm4O TIL only eight different countries have ever won the World Cup