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TIL between 1969 and 1977, 95 African oryx (a type of large antelope) were released in southern New Mexico. There are now thousands of them in the state and that number continues go grow.

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KOE5J TIL in 2016, "a boy was killed and 20 others infected by anthrax released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of a reindeer killed by the bacteria at least 75 years earlier; 2,000 present-day reindeer were infected, too, carrying and spreading the disease further."
ADZXd TIL Mikhail Kalashnikov regretted creating the AK-47. In a letter to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2012, he said never intended for the rifle to become the preferred weapon in conflicts around the world.
XEl6R TIL 'The Texas Chansaw Masacre', 'The Silence Of The Lambs' and 'Psycho' were all inspired by the same killer, Edward Theodore Gein
QJpGk TIL the Missouri Bar has produced coloring books to inform children about the functions of the government and the function of lawyers and judges, and made them available for free.
KlwJ TIL in ancient Athens there was a process called “Ostracism” which allowed voters to banish certain politicians they deemed detrimental to the democracy.