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TIL a male tiger in India adopted a litter of tiger cubs. He shares his food with them and plays with them. This has never been observed before.

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m1l7p TIL that rhinoplasty surgeries date back to the sixth century B.C. in India. An Indian physician named Sushruta documented instructions in the Sushruta Samhita for performing scores of surgical procedures – including three types of skin grafts and reconstruction of the nose.
9w0om TIL Victor Salva, the director of Powder and the Jeepers Creeps trilogy is a convicted child molester that abused the star of Clownhouse
yVvwv TIL that cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy sent the superintendent's hat to the edge of space.
XErpj TIL a Canadian university student wore the same pair of $165 Levi jeans for 330 days straight, without washing them. He and his professor found no measurable difference in bacterial growth on the jeans from wearing them for 15+ months straight compared to just 13 days.
R79QQ TIL: The Clarendon Library in Oxford has a clock that has been powered by the same batteries since 1840. To date its bells have rung over 10 Billion times.