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TIL that the term ‘panther’ refers to a melanistic jaguar or leopard, and is NOT a separate species.

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X000X TIL that the Animals broke up because, while touring in Japan in 1968, their manager was kidnapped by the tour promoters, who were Yakuza, and put him up for ransom. After the manager escaped, the band was forced to flee the country or be killed by the Yakuza, leaving all of their tour gear behind.
LkKRZ TIL in 1911 one of the US House of Representatives members proposed an amendment that would abolish the Senate.
YXn7 TIL that Luxembourg’s education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.
wLpRY TIL that QWERTY keyboards were invented to prevent typewriters from jamming. Following its invention, the Dvorak keyboard was introduced and was said to improve typing speed by 5-10% but still is not widely used.
BgZQd TIL The first Papal visit to a mosque was in May 2001. Pope John Paul II took off his shoes and entered the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, to visit the tomb of John the Baptist (who is called Yah-ya el-Mamadan by Muslims).