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TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions.

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OGMD6 TIL Actress Drew Barrymore is a scion of both the illustrious Drew and Barrymore acting dynasties, whose complicated family tree includes famous film and theater actors going back to the 19th Century
9bmB TIL that in a 2002 Muppet Christmas movie where Kermit sees the world as if he never existed, the twin towers are visible.
Z8PMR TIL The Pew Research Center estimates that since 1970, the share of the nation’s income earned by families in the middle class has fallen from almost two-thirds to around 40 percent.
6vJX TIL that the largest bald eagle nest on record was 9.5 feet wide and 20 feet high. It weighed more than two tons.
XE0Ar TIL about the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) which employs 17,000 that’s responsible for registration and monitoring sensitive government databases of all the national citizens of Pakistan.