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TIL Tigers don’t forget faces! Yes, Royal Bengal Tiger have a strong memory than most of the animals and humans.

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xeOw TIL in Jainism, there is a socially acceptable form of suicide in which the person starves themself. The rationale being that one can reflect on their life in the time that it takes to starve.
mxRaE TIL there are an estimated 20 - 40 Million people in the U.S that are affected by hay fever, which are allergies specific to grass pollen. Such allergy has proven to be the most frequent allergic response in the nation.
6E45X TIL William "Wild Bill" Douglas, the longest-serving Supreme Court Justice, argued that the Vietnam War was illegal, that we should be able to sue on behalf of the environment, and that contraception bans violated our Right to Privacy. Later, the FBI planted marijuana on his property to entrap him.
QNjEd TIL In the mid-1950s Francis LeRoy Henning of Erial, New Jersey minted what is now known as the “Henning” Nickel. He made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1953.
LQjbp TIL that in the infamous Ford Pinto, tests found that a 1 dollar piece, 1 pound piece of plastic would have prevented the gas tank from being ruptured. However, this was discarded as it went over the arbitrary 2000 pound and 2000 dollar limit executive Lee Iacocca had.