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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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nWvk9 TIL that butterflies have 4 wings not 2 (found out on an episode of Benidorm during a pub quiz)
MeOvm TIL of Harlon Block, a marine who raised the flag on Iwo Jima but then died soon after. He was misidentified in the famous picture for 2 years but his mother knew it was him. Looking at the photo she exclaimed “I’ve changed so many diapers on that boy’s butt, I know it’s my boy"
vALj TIL that NASA is performing experiments on a technology that they hope will lead to a real “warp drive” that will allow a spaceship to arrive at another star system in far less time than it would take to get there at the speed of light.
EABx TIL bald eagles and red tail hawks are “mortal enemies” and will even attempt to feed the other species’ offspring to their own young
JY0WB TIL Rapper Ronald Herron AKA 'Ra Diggs' began posting videos on YouTube bragging about beating a state murder charge and additional crimes. Herron was subsequently charged federally and sentenced to twelve life terms plus 105 years