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TIL there are more tigers in Texas than in their native land of India

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wxl8 TIL that in 1978 France rolled out a pre-World Wide Web online service (MiniTel) that gave it’s users access to online shopping, search engines, cybersex, message boards etc … France Telecom only retired the service in 2012 after 30 years and 800 000 units still in use.
xVxE5 TIL that the oldest Jewish state in the world isn't Israel: it's Birobidzhan, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia, founded in 1934.
wmAW TIL there is a company designing a gravity powered light for 3rd world countries. Cost $10. Cost of maintaining, $0.
XERk8 TIL David Bowie was so unconvinced of the commercial viability of his album "Low" that after its release he decided to tour as Iggy Pop's keyboardist instead of promoting the new record.
VB1E4 TIL the name of the shoe brand Asics is an acronym for a latin phrase meaning "a sound mind, in a sound body"