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TIL: Bats make up 1/4 of the world's entire mammal population.

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moBR TIL the first black-white interracial kiss on American television was on an episode of Star Trek. However, the producers were worried about the show being banned in the South because of it, and tried to shoot alternate versions of the shot. The actors intentionally flubbed those shots.
YpxZZ TIL about Stella, a dog who communicates with her owners using a sound board preprogrammed with her favourite words. Recently her “beach” button broke, so she instead used the buttons for “water” “outside” and “help” to communicate that she wanted to press the beach button and couldn’t.
lp15 TIL the Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.
Eg550 TIL that during World War 1, Belgian pilot Willy Coppens came under fire from an enemy observation ballon during an attack run. In response he landed his plane on top of the ballon and turned off his engine. When the ballon descended he slid off and flew away.
oE5A TIL : Louis Vuitton sued dog toy company Haute Diggity Dog over their “Chewy Vuiton” chewy handbags. The court ruled in favour of the dog toy company.