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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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0dyd1 TIL there’s a spaceballs tv show.
JQlk TIL in the 1970s Intervision Song Contest, the Communist equivalent to Eurovision, viewers would vote by turning on lights at a given moment; power plants would measure the load to help determine the winner
XENVP TIL: Honey can exist unspoiled and still edible, almost indefinitely. Archeologists excavating Egyptian tombs have uncovered preserved pots of honey several thousand years old.
epBL6 TIL the term “debugging” comes from an incident that occurred while Grace Hopper was working on the relay contacts of the Harvard Mark II. A moth flew into the computer and was electrocuted to death. Hopper literally had to “debug” the computer which is where the term came from.
woZrE TIL that perpetual stew is a dish, which consists of different types of ingredients cooked in a pot. It can be cooked for decades by adding more ingredients and liquid frequently as well as heating it consistently.