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TIL Black Panther isn’t a distinct animal, but is a mutated form of a leopard or jaguar

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VModG TIL The Beatles' "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history (covered more than 2,200 times) Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Boyz II Men have all put their own spin on the song.
yVjyw TIL that Reynolds, the company that makes Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil, once built and operated a deep sea submersible. Called the Aluminaut, it was the world's first aluminum submarine.
8eMnG TIL that Dennis Rodman's has between 26 and 46 siblings on his father's side
KOPJJ TIL French astronomer and mathematician Urbain le Verrier used observational data from Uranus to deduce the position of an unknown planet, which German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle used to find Neptune, within one hour of searching and within one degree of Verrier's prediction (1846).
JYOGk TIL an emordnilap (palindrome spelt backwards) is a word that can be read differently in reverse. ex. reward/drawer