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

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E1P1w TIL In 1989 the Chinese Communist Party forces at Tiananmen Square used expanding bullets, prohibited by international law, to cause particularly grievous wounds when shooting at protesters, thousands of whom were killed.
kO8Om TIL that the Iroquois Confederacy declared war on Germany in 1917 during World War I and again in 1942 during World War II
Jgj TIL that a town in the UK, Berwick-upon-Tweed, was still technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Russian diplomat and the Mayor signed a peace treaty. The Mayor told the diplomat: “You can tell the Russian people that they can now sleep peacefully in their beds”.
KYONG TIL the most expensive religious text ever sold was an handwritten printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon. It was sold for $35 million in 2017
QJWlE TIL that Cajun crayfish have invaded Africa. Not only do they have no natural predators there, but they eat so many native species that they are causing an ecological disaster.