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TIL Samus Aran from the Metroid game series was identified as a bounty hunter, but Nintendo later admitted they did not know what a "bounty hunter" was and just liked the title

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VMRA4 TIL about Inky the Octopus's great escape from New Zealand's National Aquarium. One night he squished through a hole in the tank, slid across the floor and squeezed through a pipe into the ocean.
YoEB TIL Disney decided against making Giselle from Enchanted a Disney Princess because they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams’ image.
nW7kG TIL that despite a large British advantage in numbers and experience, Americans defeated the British at New Orleans in 2 hours with a loss of 65 sailors, the British lost 2000.
p8QyN TIL Hyenas give birth through their clitoris.
mxeWO TIL that the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War was neither fought in America nor involved any Americans