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TIL that Garfield was never meant to be funny.

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nel1G TIL: A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane was headed to Switzerland, but had to be intercepted by French/Italian fighter jets because the Swiss Air force doesn't work on nights and weekends.
b9Y7j TIL that after Hunter S. Thompson, the author best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, died, he was cremated and his ashes were fired out of a cannon. The cannon was placed on top of a 153-foot statue of a fist holding a peyote button, paid for by Johnny Depp.
Br6QK TIL Jaguars used to be found in Southwestern United States and Mexico. As recent as 2016, jaguars have been spotted as north as Arizona.
xVY6B TIL that in 2011, Danny DeVito directed a post-apocalyptic horror film set in Russia that was completed but never released
OGMr6 TIL by passing a law requiring pharmacies to be owned by a licensed pharmacist, North Dakota has essentially done away with corporate chain pharmacies. Corporations that own pharmacies must be majority owned by licensed pharmacists.