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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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6VDW TIL In Moscow, Russia, there are stray dogs that ride the subways on the same schedule each day.
5VrpP TIL Sammy Davis Jr lost his left eye in a car accident when he was just 29
XGEj TIL In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
569D TIL of the Challenger expedition of 1872-76, one of the first major scientific studies of the ocean depths. It discovered over 4,000 new species and conducted 492 deep sea soundings, including one that first discovered the Mariana Trench. In total, the ship was supplied with 291 km of rope.
9O5B TIL a single Black Mamba snake killed 9 African villagers in a hut in an evening–the next morning locals found a hungry baby, 9 bodies, and a very defensive snake.