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TIL the U.S. federal government has an official color palette

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Mod0 TIL Tupac’s last words, when a cop asked who shot him: “Fuck You.”
PylL TIL of “Herman the German”, one of four massive cranes built to lift German U-Boats during WW2. It was given to the US as post-war reparation, and still works today in the Panama Canal, after 70+ years of service.
04yj TIL that California’s “safe surrender” law allows one parent to anonymously leave a baby at a hospital for adoption - and makes it illegal for the hospital to notify the other parent.
0Ywv TIL that an ancient Vietnamese prince won his country’s throne because he made fantastic rice cakes.
ryAM TIL in 1795 the only known instance of a naval defeat by Cavalry occurred.