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TIL despite being depicted on California's flag, the California grizzly bear has been extinct since 1924.

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p1OZ TIL John Dillinger escaped prison by brandishing a wooden pistol. The FBI also used way more money to catch him then he ever stole.
W7MyA TIL women are commonly thought to be better at shooting than men
M7MWK TIL of the Vai syllabary, a script used for writing the Vai language of Liberia. It is hypothesized to be based off the Cherokee script, used by the Indigenous Cherokee people in modern day South Eastern United States, and diffused from Cherokee migrants on the Liberian coast.
yQ4x8 TIL Carl Douglas quickly recorded the number #1 hit, "Kung Fu Fighting", during the last 10 minutes of a studio session in 1974. The song was originally meant to be a B-side track, but went on to sell more than 11 million copies.
9JX TIL there was a plan on July 20th, 2006 for everybody on earth to jump at the same time in an attempt to knock the earth out of it’s orbit and stop global warming