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TIL New Mexico was named 223 years before the naming of Mexico in 1821.

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O9la TIL Tipu’s Tiger is an 18th-century mechanical toy created for the Indian king, Tipu. It compromised of a tiger savaging a near life-size European man who emitted a wailing sound from his mouth.The king frequently amused himself with this representation of victory over the English.
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