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TIL China practices “Panda Diplomacy” wherein the government gifts Pandas to other countries to improve their relations, a practice dating back to the 600s

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d81or TIL the Jacksons' 1978 hit, "Blame It on the Boogie" was written and originally recorded by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson (real name: Michael Jackson).
vjN8 TIL the ancestor of the first whales was a midsize, land dwelling mammal
KYQ1B TIL: Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.
16XGV TIL that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta briefly had an air force after WWII
xWy7 TIL a philosophy riddle from 1688 was recently solved. If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone? In 2003 five people had their sight restored though surgery, and, no they could not.