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TIL: Siberian tigers are reported to be the most patient and punishing predators

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7Q8L TIL If North Korea detonated its largest nuclear device (7 Kilotons) at the White House, it wouldn’t even reach the Lincoln Memorial just up the street.
gYZ8 TIL that after his wife died because she couldn’t easily access medical attention, an Indian man spent 22 years cutting through the mountain that separated his village from the nearest medical center. The finished path shortened the necessary travel distance by 40 km. He used nothing but a chisel.
9Em7 TIL that until the invention of the Linotype machine in 1884, daily newspapers were no larger than eight pages because of the labor required to typeset with moveable type.
BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.
GYxkG TIL about Batman vs. Elmer Fudd, a one-shot crossover that pits Batman against Elmer Fudd, reimagined here as a mob hitman.