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

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4rXR TIL there is a tree named Pando that is technically an entire forest. It is a clonal colony of 4700 aspens’s that all share the same root system.
jNdBQ TIL crooner Al Martino, who played Johnny Fontane in the Godfather, was originally passed over for the movie. He complained to his Mafia "godfather" and eventually got the part, much like his character.
NXk9J TIL that American Saxophonist John Coltrane is a venerated saint.
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