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TIL the last wild Jaguar in Texas was killed in 1948, 100 miles from the Mexican Border, and a 30 minute drive from Corpus Christi. A local newspaper noted that although Jaguars are native, one hadn't been seen nearby in awhile.

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AN94a TIL that there was a man who survived the towers collapsing on 9/11, then after walking aimlessly through the city had a chance encounter with the entire cast of Everybody loves Raymond who then housed, fed, and clothed him until he could return home safely to Staten Island the next morning .
lo11a TIL Australians don't traditionally celebrate Halloween, and its increasing popularity there is often considered to be an example of encroaching American cultural imperialism, despite it being a millennia-old Celtic European holiday
rR6nx TIL that in an effort to avoid naming everything after Euler, some mathematical discoveries and theorems are attributed to the first person to have proved them after Euler.
lo461 TIL that overzealous organ-donation companies removing body parts before an autopsy have made multiple causes of death have become impossible to determine
yQxWX TIL In the original version of Tenacious D's "Tribute", the "Greatest Song In The World" consists mainly of Stairway to Heaven.