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pBv8 TIL that, contrary to decades of hearing “you know, the giant panda ISN’T really a bear,” that the giant panda is actually a bear.
9YygX TIL: the Ruppell’s Griffin Vulture is the highest flying bird at 7 miles (11 km) high. The avg height of commercial airlines.
oRlKo TIL about Florence Lawrence the "first movie star". She was buried in an unmarked grave after killing herself with ant poison in 1938. Her career never recovered after she was injured in a fire on set in 1915. Universal refused to pay her medical bills.
LXZQ TIL that The Vidocq Society - a group of amateur detectives inspired by the real life Sherlock Holmes - investigate and often solve exceedingly difficult cases.
8aALZ TIL that at the time of his graduation in 1969, Robin Williams was voted "Most Likely Not to Succeed" and "Funniest" by his classmates.