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TIL Almost 90% of the founding members of the NAACP were white

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XEMYD TIL that cows routinely escape slaughterhouses in NYC, and often evade police for hours once they’re out.
b9QMZ TIL Moths don't like light at all! They use moonlight to navigate by night. By keeping the moon at a constant angle, they could ensure they traveled in a straight line. Unfortunately, they now confuse electric lights with the moon and try to navigate by them so they keep going around it, confused.
rRmYy TIL of Cardinal Sin. The Cardinal Jaime Sin from the Phillipines who was generally known as "The greatest sin of all: Cardinal Sin". He was also known to jokingly welcome guests of his home saying: "Welcome to the house of Sin".
E16d TIL The second largest shareholder in News Corp is a Saudi Oil Billionaire..
P1ldJ TIL Michael Jackson was not the youngest Jackson brother. In 1975, younger brother Randy replaced Jermaine Jackson in the Jackson 5 when the group left Motown. Jermaine chose to stay at Motown, having married the daughter of founder Berry Gordy.