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TIL that in Texas, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you ever find it.

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oBN78 TIL almost 1 in 4 people with tattoos regret it, meaning about 7.5 million Americans
Aokd TIL that there has not been a left-handed catcher to play in a MLB game for 25 years. Left-handed catchers have only caught eleven big-league games since 1902 with the last one being in 1989.
wmp8 TIL on Valentine’s day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of “Beijing Love Story” by booking every odd seat in the theater, preventing couples from sitting together
ANM5g TIL Tempura cooking did not begin in Japan, it originated in Portugal and was brought to the country by Catholic missionaries.
p8WyQ TIL that the artificial banana flavoring was based on the Gros Michel: the predominant banana that went extinct in the 60's (replaced by the current less flavorful Cavendish). Today, when you eat something "banana" flavored, you're tasting species of banana that went extinct long ago.