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TIL Giant Pandas are not evolutionary deadends. Humans are just destroying their habitats faster than they can adapt.

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pYG7Z TIL That Bobby Farrell the famous singer of the band that sang "Rasputin" died on the same day and the same town that Rasputin died in.
m14QR TIL an airline cancelled the frequent flier miles of a skiplagger (someone who gets off at the connecting flight destination)
mxPmR TIL The largest U.S. bill ever in circulation was the $10,000 bill, which was issued until 1945. As of May 30, 2009, only 336 of these large bills have been known to survive. Salmon P. Chase is depicted on the bill.
j6M5n TIL that Mozart was not actually buried in a mass grave. The term 'common grave' in Vienna meant a grave for a non-aristocrat, which the city was permitted to dig back up after a decade and reuse.
mx9JR TIL the only person to die playing baseball is Ray Chapman in 1920 at age 29; he was hit by a pitch and died 12 hours later. His death helped lead to the ban on spitballs after the season and requiring umpires to replace dirty balls. It helped lead to the use of batting helmets albeit 30 years later