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TIL that giant pandas were removed from the Endangered Species list

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PYv6V TIL that -according to a report on the situation in Northern Ireland from 1969- laws and conditions in Northern Ireland had been cited by the South African government to justify its apartheid system.
Z1xB TIL in Nordic mythology, Ratatoskr was a squirrel whose sole job was to carry insulting messages between a great eagle and a dragon at opposite ends of Yggdrasil, the great World Tree
ZpgxY TIL that Freddy Mercury once snuck Princess Diana into a gay bar disguised as a man.
8egrP TIL there is a race where competitors can be people on foot or riders on horses (and in one year, cyclists on bikes), set up to be a relatively even match
9yA6 TIL When Mel Brooks developed Spaceballs, he wanted his parody as close to the original as possible. Brooks’s deal with George Lucas on the parody was no Spaceballs action figures be made. According to Brooks, “Lucas said, ‘Your action figures are going to look like mine.’ I said OK.”