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TIL that Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight were responsible for the continued existence of pure American Bison and returned them from the verge of extinction.

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oBmLL TIL Erotomania is a delusional disorder wherein a person experiences delusions of another person being infatuated with them. It's most often seen in female patients that are shy, dependent and sexually inexperienced. The object of the delusion is typically a male who is 'unattainable'.
5m59 TIL RPG clerics wield maces because Bishop Odo of Bayeux was wielding one in the Bayeux Tapestry, allegedly so as not to shed blood.
xGM1 TIL in 1995, convicted killer Daniel Luther Heiss discovered that the key pictured on his prisoners’ information handbook was the masterkey for the whole prison. Fellow inmate Shane Baker, a trained jeweller, replicated it and both escaped.
kOAGg TIL about the "Cat Telephone". In 1929, Princeton researchers opened a cat's skull and connected the auditory nerve to a telephone. When one researcher spoke in the cat’s ear, the other could hear it through the receiver 50 feet away. The experiment ultimately became the basis for cochlear implants.
lrnK TIL that it’s estimated that 99 percent of wine is meant to be consumed within 5 years