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TIL a single bat can eat 2,000 mosquitoes in one night

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LkYpm TIL that four people were targets for assassination the night that Lincoln was killed. John Wilkes Booth was the only one who succeeded.
4kerw TIL of Law Lords. Formally known as Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, they were members of the House of Lords acting as judges for the chamber's judicial functions as it was the UK's court of last resort for over 200 years, until the creation of the UK Supreme Court in 2009.
9YdLp TIL of Pēteris Lapainis. A soldier who served in Russian imperial army, Soviet armed forces, Latvian army and German military. He fought in both world wars and received multiple high-ranking awards from each army he served. After second world war he spent 20 years in Soviet captivity.
167eP TIL skilled sheepdogs sell for $30,000 or more.
ey8D TIL many people who own high end and exotic cars register them in Montana to avoid sales taxes in their home state.