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TIL that lions are also native to India and that the last ones in Asia are found in Gir national park. The current population of Asiatic lions in India is 891 and they are listed as endangered. Similar to African nature parks, you can also go on safari in Gir national park to see the lions.

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Npn6 TIL that George C Scott refused to accept the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1971, and described the Oscar ceremony as “a two-hour meat parade”.
5YlnD TIL: In 1209, a student of Oxford University apparently killed a woman and fled. In retaliation, the townspeople hanged three students. The school suspended operations and the faculty all feared the mob. Many of the facility then moved to Cambridge and founded a new university there.
6eb7 TIL there are only four remaining people in the U.S who receive medical marijuana from the federal government, making them the only people completely immune from prosecution for cannabis use.
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X0O4D TIL of Deli Mike, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 notable for her temperamental behavior. Known for “pranking” passengers and crew, she would turn lights on and off and refuse to retract the landing gear seemingly at random. One story went that staff fixed a faulty instrument panel by talking to her.