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TIL the "Mario Bros" song was inspired by a song called "Sister Marian" (1984)

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Z8lE4 TIL the silver-backed chevrotain is a tiny deer-like creature about the size of a small rabbit native to southern Vietnam. Feared nearly extinct, it was photographed for the first time in over 30 years in 2018, making it the first mammal rediscovered under the Global Wildlife Conversation program.
KO9GB TIL that in 2017, Frankfurt police found a car belonging to a 76 year old man who had forgotten where he had parked it 20 years earlier.
vow4 TIL of Jack the Stripper, Britain’s third most prolific serial killer, who has never been caught and undressed all of his victims after asphyxiating them
0wV7j TIL Jennifer Lawrence's career making role was Winter's Bone (2010) in which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Just 2 years later she won it for Silver Linings Playbook, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner at 22.
KYXra TiL Jerry Sadowitz had a 1987 album withdrawn from circulation after he refered to Jimmy Savile as a paedophile