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TIL that there are more tigers kept as pets in Texas than there are wild tigers in India

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EKAx TIL Samuel Jackson is the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time.
M7JQ8 TIL that shortly after WW1 started, Pope Pius X "The Pontiff Supreme " and the Black Pope died within hours of each other. The Black Pope was Francis Xavier Wernz General of the Jesuits. The Black Pope got its name from robes that the Society of Jesus (aka Jesuits) members wear
RKvj TIL of Blue Peacock, a 10 kiloton nuclear landmine designed to be installed in the north german plane. The area was too cold for the mine’s electronics to reliably function, so it was proposed to be heated by chickens.
b96j7 TIL in 2015 James McElvar, a Scotsman, decided to wear all the clothes from his bag (12 layers of clothing!) during a flight to avoid taking the bag and paying a £45 baggage fee. He fell ill during the flight; paramedics said he was "lucky to be alive".
ga59 TIL differences in camera lenses can cause people to be more or less photogenic in pictures.