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TIL The term "Basket Case" comes from quadriplegic WWI soldiers who had to be carried around in a basket

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LkKYr TIL: Ustad, or T-24, a wild tiger labelled a man-eater for supposedly killing four men in nine years. Due to his aggressive nature, attributed to multiple sedations for medical concerns, he was placed in captivity to the dismay of many. He is the only tiger ever featured on India Today's cover.
k991 TIL a stray pit bull adopted an orphaned kitten and kept her alive by nursing her on her own milk. After being rescued the kitten was bottle-fed, but the dog refused to leave her side, howling if separated and licking her clean as she ate. Upon adoption from the centre, they came as a pair.
jMRQ TIL the Chinese characters for concave and convex are 凹 and 凸.
ODm7 TIL That before the widespread use of toilet paper it was common to use corn cobs and sometimes mussel shells for post-defecation hygiene.
ej1D TIL that the most successful pirate raid in history was Henry Avery’s capture of the Indian treasure ship Ganj-i-sawai in 1695. The plunder was £600,000 worth of jewels and precious metals, equivalent to £52.4 million or $81 million today.