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TIL Thousands of tigers are kept as pets in Texas, making it the 2nd largest population of the endagered species in the world, after India.

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gMglX TIL about the Nibiru Cataclysm, a popular conspiracy theory among doomsday groups that the Earth would be hit by a giant asteroid.
l76VG TIL that although they played father and son in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Sean Connery (b. 1930) and Harrison Ford (b. 1942) are fewer than 12 years in age apart in real life.
j614M TIL the word horseradish came about because the English misunderstood the German word “meerrettich” which means "sea radish". The word "meer" was swapped to "mare" (a female horse) even though the plant has absolutely nothing to do with horses, it just grows well by the sea.
191P TIL that the itchy feeling you get around a scab is a result of the body releasing histamine to help trigger the cells which will help to close the wound and create new tissue.
b9Vpj TIL housewives in India own 11% of the world's gold. More than the reserves of Switzerland, Germany and the United States put together