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TIL In Delhi, if a tree falls sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them

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6955Z TIL: Multimillionaire Maria Assunta, upon her death left her entire fortune of $13 million, all of her properties such as villas, homes, and land to her cat Tommaso, making the cat one of the world's richest felines. Just a few years prior, Tommaso was a stray cat she found in the streets of Rome.
wVjE TIL:4 women sued the Girls Gone Wild Series for Distress. An all female jury threw out the case.
x6ln5 TIL when a brig hit an iceberg in 1849 (Hannah), Captain Shaw and his first and second officers took the only lifeboat. They abandoned the 200 passengers and eventually won in court.
6KLm TIL A neon light was left on and covered over in a downtown LA restaurant, then found again still working after 77 years.
X0ZJQ TIL while most people think of elephants and rhinoceros when it comes to poaching for their ivory, hippopotamus are also a victim. Hippos may not have tusks or horns, but their front teeth are made of ivory, which is even harder than an elephants. This greatly contributes to their endangered status.