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TIL that hypocrisy does not mean “not practicing what you preach”; it means falsely claiming to do so

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x68ek TIL in 1945 Ireland's president and prime minister both offered official condolences to Germany upon the death of Hitler. They were the only Western European democracy to do so and were described at "indifferent to the Nazi persecution of the Jews."
R9Za TIL American black panthers are actually jaguars with a dominant gene that causes the black pigment (opposite of albino). And that close examination of their coats will show that the typical markings of a jaguar are still present, but are hidden by the excess black pigment.
ZpgxY TIL that Freddy Mercury once snuck Princess Diana into a gay bar disguised as a man.
XWej TIL Rapper Chamillionaire is a successful tech investor. One of his early investments, Maker Studios, recently sold to Disney for over $500 million. He’s currently the ““Entrepreneur in Residence” at a venture capital firm.
V9x4 TIL that Alan Turing, the man who broke the enigma code during WWII, is estimated to have shortened the war by over two years, and to have saved over 14 million lives. He was later charged for his homosexuality and was forced to undergo chemical castration.