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TIL there are Lavender, Pink, & White Panther Parties

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yQWRe TIL about Blackie a cat later renamed Churchill after, Winston Churchill stooped to bid farewell to Blackie after the declaration of the Atlantic Charter on the HMS Princes Of Wales on 14 August 1941.
wQe7 TIL Prince used a picture of Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince for a 2013 album cover
e0aKk TIL Hubble watched a failed supernova turn into a black hole before its very eyes. These so-called "massive fails" (seriously) are thought to occur when the core of a star is so huge its exploding shell of gas cannot escape, and instead collapses back in on itself.
8a0nK TIL American architect Henry Murphy was in charge of designing the capital of China in 1928. Murphy proposed a master plan for Nanjing at the heart of which lay an axis with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, along with ‘Capitol Hill’ and a pagoda
ADYlw TIL that NYC water pressure can reach up to the 6th floor. Taller buildings require a water tower installed on the roof. There are only two companies in NYC who make those towers.