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TIL there are 4 species of giraffe and within the species, giraffes can also have a genetic condition called leucism which is a partial loss of pigmentation making them appear white with spots

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p8llA TIL that the moment Beck said: "Render my illusion suit." to William, that's where the duo started recording the video of Mysterio framing Spider-Man for the Elementals and Europe/Mexico attacks and exposing his identity before he dies, serving as a last contingency and so it was sent to the Bugle.
mxpGY TIL The last known subject of Queen Victoria was Violet Brown of Jamaica, who was born in 1900 and died in 2017 at the age of 117.
aGkJ TIL that over 1000 priceless books disappeared from a mountaintop abbey to the confusion of the monks and the local police, and despite reinforcing the library’s doors and changing its locks. Turned out the culprit was using a long-forgotten secret passageway found in the public archives.
BVMe TIL that the antonym of cleave is cleave
QLnM TIL that when a statue of George Washington was sent to London, included was some American dirt so as to not violate his vow of never stepping on English soil.