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TIL White tigers are not an endangered species that need to be saved, but are the result of double recessive traits, and are severely inbred to produce more white tigers, resulting in health problems.

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YpM0P TIL the boycott was named after Charles Boycott, a man so hated that people wanted nothing to do with him
x6Prg TIL Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is considered by some to be the first computer programmer. She wrote notes on Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine" that included an algorithm for calculating a sequence of numbers. Lovelace envisioned the machine creating art and music.
YeRZ TIL Americans were more likely to help strangers than any other nationality according to the World Giving Index
4kpdb TIL that on 9/11 United Airlines Flight 175 had a near midair collision with Delta Air Lines Flight 2315 flying from Hartford to Tampa, reportedly missing the plane by only 200 feet (60 m)
lo7l7 TIL that 250 men dies of breast cancer in U.S