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TIL That there are only 3200 Tigers left in the wild.

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kOZ11 TIL standard classroom maps are based on the Mercator projection, a 16th century rendition that shows disproportionate sizes of continents, resulting in widespread misconceptions of geography.
lRNG TIL The Axolotl can be forced to transform into its adult salamander form with an injection of iodine. It never becomes an fully mature salamander in the wild.
kVwE TIL Tic Tacs are labeled as having zero sugar in the USA despite the fact that sugar is the first ingredient. FDA requirements allow for sugar per serving to be listed as 0 for amounts less than 0.5g and since a single tic tac weighs less than 0.5g, it can be labeled as containing 0 sugar.
9RrM TIL of “Operation Unthinkable”. Winston Churchills plan to invade his Russian allies immediately after winning WW2. His plan was to enlist the help of the USA and the defeated German army.
D1JXV TIL ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.