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TIL Tigers will take revenge on those who have done wrong to them. Tigers are amongst the most vengeful animals on this planet.

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X0jOQ TIL Bert Janssen from the Netherlands is the longest-living heart transplant recipient in the world since 1984. The operation was done by Egyptian-born transplant pioneer Magdi Yacoub, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 for his services to medicine.
KYjyE TIL about fetus in fetu, a rare condition where a malformed twin is found inside the body of its sibling. This happens when one twin is absorbed by the other during early development. The parasitic twin can survive for years undetected, feeding off the host's blood supply.
xV4w0 TIL A Chinese theme park has a ride that simulates death. It begins in a "morgue" where riders are placed in a casket and carried on a conveyor belt to be "cremated” by a blast of 105 degree hot air. It ends with the rider being passed through a ‘womb’ and being reborn.
0dXYM TIL that the universe has a color, called ‘Cosmic Latte’. Astronomers determined this by averaging the color of all light in the universe.
b9JYa TIL the word "lozenge" is another name for "diamond shaped". We call cough drops lozenges because very early cough drops were often shaped like diamonds.