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TIL the black panther is not a species but a melanistic (opposite to albinistic) jaguar or leopard

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MB80 TIL that, by law, no US officer is ever allowed to outrank George Washington, and he was posthumously promoted to “six star general” to make sure.
epW4 TIL Scientists lit a cave of natural gas on fire in 1971 expecting it to only burn for a few days; it still burns till this day. it has been nicknamed “The Door to Hell”
B5xy TIL There was a 20 year patent on mini games during loading screens that recently expired last year. This is why all loading screens aren’t interactive and usually only contain flavour or lore text.
M7KWb TIL that in 1868 the first non-electric gas-lit traffic light was installed in London outside the Houses of Parliament to control the traffic in adjacent streets. Its operational life was brief: it exploded a month later as a result of a leak injuring the policeman operating the traffic light.
NoDJ TIL that while Deadmau5 live streamed the production of his song “The Veldt” a fan sent in vocals for the song which Deadmau5 immediately loved and signed him for the song