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TIL the Catalina Islands, located off of California's coast, has a wild Bison herd thats existed for nearly a century.

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KwK6 TIL The most prolific female serial killer in history, Elizabeth Bathory, sexually abused, tortured, and killed over 600 young women.
Y7eOG TIL that the film 'Jaws' caused neurosis in a viewer. After trouble sleeping and anxiety, she began screaming "Sharks! Sharks!" with convulsions. A study found that 'Jaws' is unusually effective among films in causing stress; whether its suspense, gore, or music is the cause is unclear.
0wLX1 TIL There is an Island in France where donkey wear Trousers.
4wg5 TIL that while mathematician Kurt Gödel prepared for his U.S. citizenship exam he discovered an inconsistency in the constitution that could, despite of its individual articles to protect democracy, allow the USA to become a dictatorship.
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