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TIL that black panthers are just the melanistic (opposite of albinism) color variant of leopards and jaguars and not an independent species

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rRNg4 TIL that during the My Lai massacre, which resulted in more than three hundred Vietnamese civilian casualties by the American forces, there were three soldiers that tried to halt the attack and save women and children. The three were denounced as traitors by some of the Congressmen.
nGKB TIL A 16 year old attempted to prank gang members stating “are you ready to dye” before pulling out a bottle of Clairol hair dye. Before the bottle could be pulled out, one of the gang members shot the 16 year old multiple times in the head.
Rk5j TIL that the Mudcrabs from The Elder Scrolls are real and can grow up to 7.7 lbs.
abRb TIL that after Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMAs, Comedy Central played South Park’s “Fishsticks” episode four times back-to-back
l7vKB TIL That you weigh less the closer you are to the equator, and more the closer you are to the poles