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TIL Zippo trademarked their lighter's famous "click"

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DZoY TIL that caribou is simply the North American name for reindeer.
N7MZ6 TIL of the Saola, or Asian Unicorn, a bovine so rare it has been photographed in the wild only 4 times. When it was discovered in 1992 it was the first large mammal to be defined in over half a century.
E87x TIL An inmate on death row pleaded for DNA testing which was denied. After his execution, Virginia refused additional public demand for the test, worried it would confirm that they’d “executed an innocent man.” The evidence was then destroyed.
KOjK9 TIL there was once a 65 foot ski slope inside New York's Grand Central Station.
BaDW TIL that the term ‘panther’ refers to a melanistic jaguar or leopard, and is NOT a separate species.