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TIL tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

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vljR TIL producers of Soaked in Bleach responded to Courtney Love’s cease and desist letters by-in part-stating “Love and her lawyers don’t like that the film presents a compelling case for re-opening the investigation into Kurt’s death.”
ayZL TIL of Wong Chin Foo, a 19th century Chinese-American civil rights activist. He launched NYC’s first Chinese newspaper and was active in politics. Wong once challenged Denis Kearney, an anti-Chinese demagogue, to a duel. He offered Kearney “his choice of chopsticks, Irish potatoes or Krupp guns.”
x6AVg TIL that Robert Franklin Stroud, was a convicted murderer in solitary confinement. While there, he raised a collection of 300canaries & published his research on avian pathology,which was useful in finding a cure for diseases affecting farmed birds; earning himself the nickname "Birdman of Alcatraz"
x6PjB TIL that the U.S.A has no official language
yV5av TIL Women have been legally allowed to go topless in public in New York City since 1992