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TIL that there is a small community of ethnic Germans living in Jamaica for over 150 years known as Germacians

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bbrZ TIl Norway’s doctors still use floppy disks, apparently they’re more secure than modern alternatives.
DyKJ TIL: Elvis Presley requested to be made a DEA agent so that he could travel with drugs without any problems. President Nixon agreed to meet him and gave him a special badge.
VMMbD TIL there are more tigers living in captivity in the US (at least ~5000, likely much more) than there are living in the wild globally (~3200). Of those ~5000, only ~6% live in zoos and accredited facilities. The rest are privately owned, many living in residential backyards.
KYJw9 TIL that firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground in 2010 because the homeowner hadn’t paid a $75 fee.
9w5bD TIL that Glenn Gould "detest[ed] audiences" despite achieving global fame via high-profile piano performances. He would completely cease publicly performing in his early 30s.