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TIL that there is a Jewish myth about a giant lion called Tigris. The lion had a head 21 feet (9 cubits) wide. In the myth, Tigris roared, women within 2200 kilometers miscarried and a city was destroyed. Tigris roared a second time and the teeth of the men looking for Tigris fell out

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