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TIL Colloquially, instead of a person from Connecticut is called a Connecticuter, the word Nutmegger is used

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5gGR TIL a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
1EX TIL there is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like a dolphin.
QNNXp TIL that after a major flood of the Turia river, the Spanish city of Valencia diverted the river and turned the former river bed into a massive city-wide park.
VMgYZ TIL of 102-year-old cyclist Robert Marchand who held the 100-plus category one-hour record of 24 kilometres and 251 metres until he broke his own record at the age of 102 years riding 26 kilometers and 927 metres in one hour.
R5rX7 TIL that in 1989 after being threatened by the Crips gang a US Army Ranger called in 12 other Rangers to help him and the result was a 30 minute gun battle with hundreds of rounds fired.