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TIL that wild bison used to (and still do) roam Florida

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wLpaM TIL tattoos and body art were illegal in the state of Massachusetts until the year 2000, considering it a "crime against the person".
BgMgy TIL that the software company Niantic, makers of Pokémon GO, was named after a wooden ship that sailed to San Francisco during the gold rush, was ran aground, converted into hotel, burned down and got buried and eventually rediscovered in 1978 during excavations next to the Transamerica Pyramid
gr1J8 TIL the heir to the throne of Thailand is Princess Sirivannavari. She is an accomplished athlete, model and clothing designer.
RY4w TIL Charlie Chaplin spent the last two decades of his career concentrating on re-editing and scoring his old films for re-release, along with securing their ownership and distribution rights.
R7Goa TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.