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TIL Cheetah's Black Tear Marks on Their Face Help Draw Sunlight Away from Their Eyes

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DM0j TIL of a Canadian pop band called Free Beer who had trouble booking gigs because bar patrons would complain to bar owners about being tricked. So the group changed the name to Barenaked Ladies.
l7leN TIL the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th to 17th-century Europe, covering an area of almost 1,000,000 square kilometres, and having a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages.
KOlb6 TIL of Fallen Astronaut - a small aluminum sculpture of an astronaut. The sculpture was authorized to be brought on board Apollo 15, but astronaut David Scott placed it on the moon as a memorial to American and Soviet casualties of their respective space programs.
k6X7 TIL that ancient cynics practiced shamelessness by masturbating in public
PjVe TIL British car firm Jaguar changed its name from SS Cars in 1945 for obvious reasons. It’s choice of logo did not help