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TIL A large number of fossil records showed evidence of human-inflicted wounds on ancient pandas, indicating that pandas were brutally slashed to death by prehistoric man

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j6PXQ TIL the myth of a Deaf Frenchman and a hearing American teaching each other their languages on an ocean voyage in 1816, prior to establishing the first school for the Deaf in the US is not only true, but meticulously-documented. (And The Lincoln statue hands really do show his initials in ASL.)
OELY TIL Haiti and Lichtenstein had the same exact flag. The two countries were not aware of the similar design until they encountered each other at the 1936 Olympics.
W0OB TIL Rep. Tom Moore Jr, concerned about legislators’ lack of attention in passing bills, once got the Texas Legislature to inadvertently pass a bill honoring the Boston Strangler for his work in population control
eQjb TIL The US Navy declassified a BILLION dollar submarine secret after it accidentally appeared in the film “The Hunt for Red October”
5Vo6R TIL a rose bush can change color due to grafting. Often, any color of rose is grafted onto a hardier rootstock, like the Dr. Huey variety. The grafted bush can die, and the rootstock grows again and produces a dark red rose, no matter what color the bush was before.