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TIL there are more tigers privately owned by US citizens than in the wild worldwide

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R5M44 TIL: Underwater bomb detectors can be used to track whale populations and in 2022 scientists used bomb detectors to uncover a new population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean
nWDmr TIL that Hello became a common greeting as a result of invention of the telephone.
b98M0 TIL that the most expensive private school in the world is ‘Institut Le Rosey’, in which you’d have to pay $113,178 per year just to attend!
DQNej TIL contrary to popular belief Romans didn't forfeit Germania after the battle of Teutoburg forest, they sent 8 legions to recover their eagles and punish the Germans, after committing a minor genocide the legions were re-called over political concerns about the growing popularity of their general.
868a TIL the Nickelodeon cartoon series, The Angry Beavers, is one of the only cartoons where a clock on the wall–visible in most episodes–updates in real time.