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TIL A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing and eating the last indochinease tiger in China

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GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in ​one-thousandth of a second.
VMmwp TIL Ukrainian KGB directorate repeatedly reported to Moscow on systematic safety breaches during Chernobyl construction works between 1976 and 1979 and reported in 1984 on deficiencies in the third and fourth reactors
N6N8 TIL a local NYC News Station’s investigation revealed that over 1,500 families with 6-figure incomes lived in subsidized New York City Housing Authority apartments, including one household that pulled in nearly $500K/year plus income from property holdings
epdJ5 TIL that the actual landmass the state of Rhode Island is named after is more commonly known as Aquidneck Island.
06ny TIL when you apply for a job, if the relevant keywords are missing in your resume, you’ll most likely be rejected automatically without even having your application read by a human