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TIL Albert Einstein Was An Early Opponent of Racial Segregation, And Had Many Close Friendships With African American Civil Rights Icons

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grM4A TIL the Mediterranean orchid Ophrys that employs sexual deceit to get pollination done by a species of bee by evolving one of its petal to bear resemblance to the female of the bee in size colour & markings thus attracting the male bee into pseudocopulation, pollinating the flowers in the process
D1x4p TIL The Simpsons are yellow because Matt Groening thought it would be a perfect way to catch the attention of people flicking through their channels looking for something to watch.
Bkax TIL the current Queen of England has ruled the UK for over 25% of the time the United States has been a country.
8PlG TIL in 1994, the assets of the top 6 American banks was 14.8% of the GDP. In 2009, their assets were 62.1% of the GDP.
eabn TIL the last cipher from the Zodiac Killer, a 340 character code sent to newspapers in 1969, remains unsolved.