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TIL after India, the state of Texas now has the world's second-largest tiger population

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Zpp94 TIL that Liechtenstein granted women the right to vote in national elections in 1984 through a male only referendum which passed with 51% of voters in favor and 49% opposed.
jNmYM TIL when brainstorming the time travel plot for Star Trek: First Contact, they considered sending the crew back to the Renaissance, befriending Leonardo da Vinci, and having sword fights alongside phaser fights. The idea was scrapped for being too campy and Patrick Stewart refused to wear tights.
74J7 TIL: In 1922 the New York Times published an article on Hitler in which the author argued that “Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers.”
j6kPN TIL The term “idiot savant” was historically used to describe individuals with significant mental impairments but extraordinary skills in a specific area. Now considered offensive, it has been replaced by “savant syndrome” to focus on their exceptional abilities.
pRN8 TIL If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.