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TIL that for 30 mins they turned off the lights in Iceland city enabling people to see night sky whilst a radio programme told them what to look out for

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YnXd TIL That the longest filibuster in U.S. history was made by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. He filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It was revealed after his death that he had fathered a half-black daughter.
lo0AB TIL that bats aren't actually blind - they can see quite well!
aXoA TIL that the U.S. is home to a single wild jaguar, and it lives in Arizona.
KGOw TIL Bob’s burger restaurant, Bob’s Burgers (from “Bob’s Burgers”) would need to sell 785 of Bob’s burgers per month in order to pay rent.
N7dBe TIL the Japanese officer who proposed the use of Kamikaze pilots during World War 2 shot himself post-war out of guilt for sending so many young men to their deaths.