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TIL that there are as few as 3200 tigers left in the wild, down from 100000 at the beginning of the 20th Century.

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xEdo TIL Al Capone’s eldest brother, James Capone, changed his name to Richard James Hart and moved to Nebraska to become a Prohibition agent.
jd9j TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.
GYxbJ TIL in Texas, there is an anti-crime law that states that criminals who intend on committing a crime must give their victims oral or written 24-hours advance notice. They must also include the nature of the crime.
Y7JoA TIL that in 1626, Peter Minuit is credited with purchasing Manhattan Island from Native Americans for just 60 Dutch guilders, equivalent to $1,143 in today’s US dollars
MeVvA TIL of Joy Milne, the woman who can smell Parkinson's. In one test, she was given 12 t-shirts, 6 from those who have Parkinson's and 6 from those without. She identified 11 of them but was adamant that one control subject had Parkinson's. 8 months later that subject was diagnosed with Parkinson's.