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TIL Pandas will sometimes fake pregnancies to receive more food and special treatment from humans

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R7O8 TIL that on August 4, 1922, all telephone service in the United States and Canada was suspended for one minute during the funeral of Alexander Graham Bell.
YpEJv TIL of Arboform, a "liquid wood" that feels and biodegrades like wood but can be cast like plastic.
W7NyN TIL that Kay, Zales, Jared, and over a dozen other jewelry brands are all owned by the same parent company, Signet Jewelers.
VBkgk TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues
xR9w TIL In 1880, Sunandha Kumariratana, the queen of Thailand, drowned helplessly While Her Subjects Watched Because They Were Forbidden to Touch Her