# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)

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**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/8255 "2023-12-05T15:20:29Z")

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Oh, my username! Makes sense. It is a Pig-Latin variant of Pardelluchs (which is pronounced exactly the same way), which is the German name for the Iberian lynx (_Lynx pardinus_), an animal I like very much. It was on the brink of extinction about 20 years ago, when I took the name and the avatar, thinking I would outlast it. The situation has improved after a massive program to save them, but they are still very much endangered. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx) can tell you more.

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