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TIL the lynching of Emmitt Till inspired The Twilight Zone

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Dw9v TIL The full moon always rises at sunset. The new moon always rises at sunrise. The first quarter rises at noon. And the last quarter at midnight.
Pkle TIL that panthers are not a real species, they are jaguars and leopards who have melanism, which is the opposite of albinism.
8BZ TIL that IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a homosexual couple. It was shown once and then pulled following bomb threats to the stores.
YnDZ TIL While under contract to play James Bond, Pierce Brosnan wasn’t allowed to wear a tuxedo in any non-Bond film.