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TIL: Despite lack of media coverage, the Special Olympics World Games is often the largest sporting event of the year

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Mj87 TIL that due to the high intelligence and strong family ties of elephants, some researchers argue it is morally wrong for humans to cull them.
X0vDj TIL about the "Judas Wolf technique". This involves capturing a wolf in a net and putting a radio collar on it to lead government-contracted shooters back to its pack so they can be killed.
PYB7g TIL: Roller coasters were invented to distract American people from immorality of taverns, gambling and dancing halls, and brothels
J1944 TIL the U.S. military stopped producing new M1911 pistols in 1945 but continued using refurbished models for over 40 years, officially replacing them with the Beretta M9 in 1985 - though some special forces continued to carry them well into the 21st century.
j6VgQ TIL that spoofing (finance) is when spoofers post a large number of limit orders on one side of the limit order book to make other market participants believe that there is pressure to sell or to buy the asset.