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TIL the WNBA team the Houston Comets four-peated and won the first four championships in a row from 1997-2000. They would later dissolve the franchise and go bankrupt in 2008

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VMoEk TIL In 1968, Elton John tried to commit suicide because of relationship problems with a woman. He later ran into lyricist Bernie Taupin, who tried to make John more comfortable with his sexuality. The situation inspired Taupin and John to create the song, 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight'
Y7g4v TIL Martin Winterkorn The former Volkswagen CE0 is an international fugitive. He was indicted by the United States, And Germany and is wanted by the Environmental Protection Agency for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Conspiracy to violate the Clea Air Act.
8aJ78 TIL that newspaper magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst promoted the "annexation" of both Hawaii and Philippines in 1898 by publishing sensationalist articles to whip up support for imperialism which President Grover Cleveland was against.
mxvkM TIL almost all calico cats are female. The gene for coat color is on the female (X) chromosome. To get a calico coat, a cat must have a black gene from one parent and an orange gene from the other parent, resulting in all XX females. Sometimes a male calico is born who is XXY, but they're sterile.
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