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TIL there were still free and wild lions living in parts of Europe until the late 1800s

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KOAyG TIL about Emperor Pedro II of Brazil who was an avid supporter of science education and a respected intellectual in his own right. Charles Darwin himself said that “The Emperor does so much for science, that every scientific man is bound to show him the utmost respect.”
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