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x6E8D TIL that USAF pilot Thomas Mantell was the first person killed in a UFO pursuit.
m1GBx TIL that the Pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world.
jBZn TIL domestic cats are considered apex predators
b9LRp TIL about Nara Dreamland, a theme park that sought to be Japan's Disneyland and even had some creative input from Walt Disney himself. It operated from 1961 to 2006, at which point it sat abandoned for a decade, before finally being demolished in 2017.
D15ar TIL That the Vatican actually has a national football team. Vatican's national football team has played against 7 international football teams, which they have either lost or tied with the other team. The team consists only by Swiss guards and museum guards.