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TIL Elephants are quickly evolving smaller tusks due to the massive amount of poaching over the past 150 years

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mAdM TIL of Bo Gritz, a former U.S. army green beret who ran for President in the 90s, helped resolve the Ruby Ridge incident and was partially the inspiration for Hannibal from the A-Team
woJY6 TIL that one of Portugal's most important writers was given the wrong surname at birth, being called by a local shrub instead of his family name.
bx0Z TIL in 1952, 1000 british men were ordered to strip to the waist and watch Britain’s first nuclear bomb test from a few miles away. Now, the few survivors and their children have severe health problems.
6pKl TIL president Ronald Reagan’s kids are outspoken liberals, and his son (Ronald Reagan Jr) is even an atheist.
O77g TIL Ninjas never wore black. They darkest color they ever wore was blue (during nighttime). Mostly they wore the inconspicuous clothing of peasants, merchants, traveling priests, etc.