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TIL bobcats can breed with lynxes to produce blynxes

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0xR TIL Sir Isaac Newton convicted 28 coiners for counterfeiting, including one of the largest Con Men of his time.
5VB0n TIL macaques possess the right vocal anatomy to perform human speech, only lacking the intelligence in order to do so.
QJgea TIL a Japanese exchange student wearing a white tuxedo was shot and killed by a property owner after showing up by mistake at a wrong house for a Halloween party. His last words were "We're here for the party!". The court ruled the killer not guilty.
lOB1 TIL during WW2 a mix of high explosive and flour was given to guerrillas fighting the Japanese. Codenamed ‘Aunt Jemima’, it could be safely cooked into pancakes and eaten. Uneaten pancakes or unused dough could still be used later as explosives. 15 tons were used; the ruse was never discovered.
b9xr0 TIL That a prisoner in Venezuela makes more money a week from prison than I do in a month!