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TIL Tigers, and only tigers, hunt adult bears

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eXen TIL that a species of Australian lizard is abandoning egg laying in favour of live birth
N7r6J TIL that in Japan, Valentine's Day is a day when girls buy chocolates and other gifts for boys they like. A month later, on March 14th, is called White Day. On that day, the boys will buy gifts to give back to the girls who bought them gifts on Valentine's Day.
Bgdjx TIL Around 800 Japanese soldiers may have been eaten by Saltwater Crocodiles during a battle in WW2
0aop TIL Albert Pierrepoint, the mose efficient executioner in British history who killed over 400 people, said: “All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment convince me that in what I have done I have not prevented a single murder.” He went on to own a pub.
Megnm TIL The English language used to have six more letters: thorn (þ), eth (ð), wynn (ƿ), yogh (ȝ), ash (æ), and ethel (œ). They all disappeared by the 15th century.