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TIL Canine Distemper Virus is lethal to pandas. Between December 2014 and March 2015, five captive giant pandas died due to canine distemper virus (CDV) infection in China.

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R7knl TIL that Mount Sunflower, the highest natural point in the state of Kansas, is a site on the plains which is "virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain."
oBPKW TIL diamonds are used as conflict gemstone's because they are much more common than other stones -- not because of their value.
prlZ TIL 2/3 of Shakespeare sonnets have rhymes that do not work in modern English
W9Eo TIL that the kid from “Hook” staring Robin Williams might just be the most successful former child actor. He has a physics degree from MIT, worked for the US government on missile defense, has a law degree, and is currently a law professor at a top notch law school, plus so much more.
Yo7G TIL John Landis, director of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, violated child labor laws when he hired 6-year-old and 7-year-old actors for the Twilight Zone movie. Both of the child actors, along with actor Vic Morrow, were decapitated by helicopter blades when a scene they were filming went wrong.