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TIL there is still a wild jaguar living in southern Arizona.

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rNeAy TIL Airport noise complaints come from a small group of mostly the same individuals (page 53 of linked document)
LQl8m TIL there were human zoos in the 20th Century
Z8Xk4 TIL in anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine. It is named for the Atlas of Greek mythology, because it supports the globe of the head which is the skull. The atlas is the topmost vertebra and with the axis forms the joint connecting the skull and spine.
d8OLj TIL Hasbro (the toy company behind the likes of My Little Pony and Furby) owns Death Row Records, which includes the rights to records by Tupac, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg.
jN64E TIL that there was an "ugly law" that deemed it illegal for persons who were "unsightly" or "unseemly" to appear in public.