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TIL there are more tigers in the state of Texas than all of Asia

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W77PL TIL that most of the heat a spacecraft encounters re-entering earth’s atmosphere is caused by compression, not friction.
pb48 TIL of the Rajneeshee bioterror attack, in 1984 a cult sprayed salmonella on doorknobs and food in a town in Oregon to poison people so they would be too sick to vote and the cult could take over the town. It was the largest biological attack in U.S. history
7rMoM TIL the influenza epidemic of 1918 was called the “Spanish Flu” because Spain was neutral during World War I and was the only country with a free press able to report on the disease. People just assumed the flu, which killed more people than WWI, began in Spain, but it’s unknown where it started.
NXxM TIL: History Channal Pawnstars is Fake.
a807L TIL The speed record for unpowered RC gliders is 548 miles per hour (882 km/hr) using the dynamic soaring techniques (repeatedly crossing between air masses of differing velocities) pioneered by the albatross.