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TIL that in parts of India, when a Tiger kills someone in the forest a red cloth is tied to a tree to mark the spot where they are killed and to show where a tiger has been hunting.

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VMvNQ TIL that the name of the musical from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Nightman Cometh, is a parody of a real-world musical called The Iceman Cometh.
OoJx7 TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital, but his care via the Veteran's Admin. didn't cover a 911 ambulance. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed and Jimmy John's answered; so JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
8LK4 TIL a student designed a tool that caught the government and various corporations / organizations editing Wikipedia articles to reflect better upon themselves.
ZENp TIL Madonna leaked a fake version of her album to pirates where every song was a loop of her saying “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Then a hacker posted the real songs on her own site for everyone to download.
VvXZ TIL in Kazakhstan there is a town where people suddenly started falling asleep for 5 days or longer.