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TIL of the extinct American Lion that used to range all over the U.S. and into South America and was about 25% larger than today’s African Lion.

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PYaLg TIL that Clint Eastwood made two movies about the Battle of Iwo Jima, one each for the Japanese and America points of view
1agO4 TIL of Alison Botha, a South African woman who survived 46 stabs to her throat and abdomen by using one hand to hold up her partially severed head and the other to carry her disemboweled intestines in a t-shirt until she reached help.
awKNJ TIL World chess champion Magnus Carlsen once checkmated Bill Gates in nine moves. He lost to the 23-year-old in around 1 minute 20 seconds
01WM TIL scientists have created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting the jellyfish protein that codes for bioluminescence into their genome
O9A7 TIL when Dr. Jonas Salk (discoverer and developer of the first polio vaccine) was asked who owned the patent he replied “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” Forbes calculated the vaccine to be “worth” 7 billion dollars. Happy 100th birthday you magnificent bastard.