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TIL that mountain lions, cougars, panthers, and pumas are all the same animal

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78G1Z TIL that the French-controlled Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean was named so to pay homage to the meeting of the fédérés of Marseilles and the Paris National Guards. The word réunion in French means meeting rather than reunion.
E1xdX TIL Several of the scenes on Teletubbies had to be re-filmed due to the rabbits mating on screen
r1Z4 TIL that Picard’s flute sold for $48,000 at auction in 2006.
WEJ4 TIL during WW1 the British executed soldiers inflicted with Shell Shock (Combat Stress Disorder) on the basis of cowardice because Shell Shock wasn’t considered a psychiatric disorder.
OLML TIL in 1992 thousands of plastic yellow ducks broke free from a cargo ship on the Pacific. They floated halfway around the world for years and were used to study ocean currents.