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TIL that Mountain Lions, Cougars, and Pumas are nearly the exact same animal. The differences between them are similar to the differences between house cats rather than type of cat.

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N76r6 TIL about Nasubi, a contestant on a Japanese game show who was forced to live alone, naked, in a small room and required to enter contests in magazines to provide him with physical objects, such as food and cloths. He never knew he was on TV as the producers had lied to him. Show ran for 15 months.
Me9jW TIL of Mark Hoffmann, a notorious forger, noted for creating historical records pertaining to the Latter Day Saints (Mormonism). As his forgeries contained details that contradicted official teachings, church officials often purchased them to prevent their release.
enA5 TIL Even the French Government is terrified of the French Foreign Legion and stations the regiment far away from Government HQs.
pYZmQ TIL that the island of Ocracoke, North Carolina was the location where the pirate Blackbeard died on November 1718.
4xEb TIL gorillas have been observed dismantling snares after a member of their troop was killed by one