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TIL that a live broadcast of a panda giving birth was cancelled after it was found that the panda was faking her pregnancy for extra food

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rRKXd TIL of William Lewis Moore, a white man who fought for civil rights. He planned to walk from Chattanooga, TN, to Jackson, MS, to ask Gov. Ross Barnett to change the state’s racial hierarchy. He planned to walk 40 miles a day for 10 days but was shot dead along the way - the killer was never caught.
K1n9 TIL of a Russian dog whose owners were killed in a car accident. Despite attempts to adopt or re-home him, the dog refused to leave the site of the accident and waited for them until it died 7 years later. The city informally adopted the dog and dedicated a statue honour its loyalty.
KO7AB TIL of Tim Macartney-Snape an Australian who was technically the first person to climb all of Everest. He started with a swim in the Bay of Bengal over 700 miles away, ran 1.5 marathons in 5 days to reach a checkpoint crossing, and 29,031ft in elevation gain later he summited Everest.
6EpmZ TIL - Hermit crabs swap their shells
ZAWQ TIL the phrase “to pass with flying colors” originates in ship terminology. When victorious at sea, ships coming into port would fly their nation’s flags – or colors – to give an early communication of how they fared.