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TIL that the puma (Puma concolor) holds the Guinness world record as the mammal holding the highest number of names.

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78Lpx TIL that in Mrs Doubtfire when she puts pepper on Stuart’s jambalaya and rings the bell, she shouts “Hot Jambalaya”. My entire childhood I’ve believed she shouted “Hutchimala” and never known what it meant.
nW94d TIL in 1984, two masked men kidnapped the president of Glico, the maker of Pocky, naked from his house for ransom. The president later escaped but the men were never caught. They later taunted police in letters and called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces
vKmj TIL a documentary aired on the History Channel in 2003 that directly implicated LBJ in Kennedy’s assassination. Lady Bird Johnson and two ex-presidents then threatened the History Channel with legal action and the documentary was withdrawn permanently.
gJ8A TIL that Tsutomo Yamaguchi (the man who survived both atom bombs) traveled 180 miles home to return to work despite his intense injuries from the first bomb. When he arrived at work his boss didn’t believe that one bomb destroyed all of Hiroshima. Then the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
WkAlX TIL the "fly" in a pair of trousers refers to the flap of clothing covering the opening, and not the zipper itself. For tailors, a fly is any flap of clothing that covers an opening in a garment.