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TIL that Mr. Rogers responded to every letter he recieved from children who wrote to him

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kOxl5 TIL the individual animal with the most human kills ever was a tiger from Northern India, which adjusted its hunting strategy to kill people after a tooth injury left it unable to hunt normal prey and was shot after an estimated 436 kills
YQXr TIL that the US Secret Service has an SUV with anti-IED jammers and anti-missile radar in the presidential motorcade. It is believed that if a rocket is detected, infrared smoke grenades are detonated while the president’s driver activates a thermal-imaging driving system to escape.
OokER TIL truly ambidextrous people make up 1% of the world's population. However, left-handed people are able to use their right hand almost as well as their dominant left.
NX4BN TIL that the average lifespan of zebras in the wild is 25 years.
abOJ TIL that the last Tasmanian tiger is believed to have died as the result of neglect—locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters, it was exposed to a rare occurrence of extreme Tasmanian weather: extreme heat during the day and freezing temperatures at night.