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TIL A Mauser C96 was modified to form Han Solo's prop blaster pistol for the Star Wars films. Reproductions of the blaster became so popular in the cosplay community that gun collectors became aware that fans were buying and altering increasingly rare original Mausers.

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7rmOP TIL that cheetahs are native to Asia in addition to Africa. The Asiatic cheetah is a critically endangered subspecies whose range has shrunk to Iran's central plateau. It's believed that there were fewer than 50 individuals in the wild as of 2017.
W75AN TIL that in 2009, the word Muggeseggele, meaning the scrotum of a housefly, was voted as the most beautiful word in Swabian German in a readers' survey by the largest newspaper in Stuttgart, well ahead of any other term.
0wOBL TIL about Memory of Mankind, a sophisticated time capsule project in Austria designed to last a million years. The designers made a system for the capsule to be discovered by a future society and even planned for the possibility of it being discovered by alien life.
eLr5 TIL wild salmon flesh is red because of pigments in the krill they eat. It is the same pigment that turns lobsters and flamingos red/pink. If this is not supplemented in farmed salmon, their flesh will be the normal grey of other fish. This is why farmed salmon says, “color added”.
MeO1K TIL: “Judas Goats” are feral goats fitted with GPS. In Australia, the Judas goats, & their natural herding extinct, lead shooters to feral goat herds, so the populations can be controlled.