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TIL of the Arthurian Knight Feirefiz, brother of Parzival. His mother was a Moorish Queen and his skin is described as being like a Magpie, both black and white.

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KY65B TIL Perfect environment created for wild pandas has made them too comfortable to feel the urge to breed
X0Rk TIL the word “para” in “Paralympics” actually refers to parallel, meaning it is held alongside the actual Olympics.
loEdV TIL about Haing S. Ngor - a Cambodian doctor who was sent to a Khmer Rouge concentration camp in 1975, was tortured for 4 years, escaped in 1979, won an Oscar in 1985, wrote an acclaimed memoir in 1988, started a charity in 1990, and was murdered by an LA gang in 1996.
6KNQ TIL: Dexter Holland, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring has an MS in molecular biology, and in 2013 co-authored a paper on microRNA in HIV genomes. He owns a hot sauce company, and is a licensed flight instructor who has flown around the world on his own, in ten days.
KR56 TIL, test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at a an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance. When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”.