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TIL that a mutation called "pseudomelanism" can make affected zebras to appear to be spotted instead of striped.

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neL19 TIL that Mike Tyson knocked out another kid for ripping the head off of a pigeon. Tyson had grown up with nothing & found that feeding and spending time with them was an honour & got him away from all the bullying he had endured. To this day he still loves & has his own collection of racing pigeons.
x6y5D TIL in 2001 Snoop Dogg was in a hardcore porn mixing 6 music videos & 5 porn scenes. It was such a success it topped charts for adult sales two weeks & became first hardcore porn on Billboard's music video sales chart. Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle set a trend where Hip-Hop artists advertised through porn
7KxM TIL A chess grandmaster threw the final round of a tournament in protest of having repeatedly been made to play women. She turned down the chance to defend her women’s world title to play mixed matches and randomly drew 7 women out of 10 rounds. The 5 move loss is the quickest ever by a grandmaster.
nWgxd TIL in 2023 Macao generated more than $19.3 billion (MOP$155.68 billion) in revenue from baccarat and VIP baccarat, which represents nearly 84% of the total revenue Macao made from all gaming activities.
E6yx TIL Michael J. Fox negotiated the deal for Family Ties from a phone booth because he didn’t have a phone at home. He was told the network would need to call, and he said he was only home between the hours of four and five. He waited for the call, and fortunately he was there to answer it