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TIL Mountain lions, pumas, panthers, and cougars are all the same animal - the Puma Concolor

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GYoeN TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
VMEPm TIL the origins of all cows can be traced back to a single herd
oRDAL TIL that in 1864, a war was fought over bat poop. In the Chincha Islands War, Spain fought with Peru over control of a group of islands covered in bat poop up to 100 feet thick. Guano, when dried, was used as the one of the main ingredients of saltpeter, an early important component of gunpowder.
kJpkd TIL from my partner that you can drain water from a tuna can by turning the can on its side, and pressing down the lid to drain the liquid. I’ve always used a sieve.
08QN TIL a 2005 article from Der Spiegel quoting Fouad Hussein predicts the future regarding the Islamic State in an eerily accurate way: “An Islamic Caliphate in Seven Easy Steps” We’re currently at phase 5 and right on schedule.