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xVPvw TIL in Nepal, tigers and people have learned to use the exact same forest trails at different times of day to reduce the chances of fatal encounters
KYGBw TIL about Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln, a Jewish Hungarian-born adventure and convicted con artist who lived as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British M.P., German politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.
a6wb TIL that Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” has spent more than 800 weeks in the Billboard 200 since its release.
4X9A5 TIL that there are whales over 250 years old. For comparison, “Moby Dick” is 168 years old.
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.