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TIL The reasons for breeding problems in pandas are most likely to be related to the inability of the captive living environment to meet giant pandas’ various physiological needs, resulting in the inability to fully express their natural instincts, such as mate selection and mating

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BrLkd TIL A denarius is an ancient Roman coin made of silver and a common day's pay for unskilled labor was equal to one denarius. Over its approximate 400 years of being issued, the denarius lost much of his purchasing power due to inflation
9wl9r TIL John wilkes booths body was sewn into an army blanket and placed on a tugboat for transport to the Washington Navy Yard about 80 miles north.
N7BnN TIL that Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them.
BErD TIL of Sheriff Buford Pusser. This 6'6" tank of a human waged a one-man war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices in MI, surviving 7 stabbings and 8 shootings. He also single-handedly took vengeance on ¾ of his wife’s killers before dying in a car crash.
kOe01 TIL that Albania, the only European country with a Muslim majority at the time, had their Jewish population triple during WWII due to a code of honor called 'Besa' where it was an honor to protect those in refuge. Almost no Jews were handed over to the Germans with exception to one family.