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TIL that there are some elephants who learn to paint, and some even make pictures of elephants

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ZnDR TIL the Sword in the Stone story was inspired by a real sword stuck in a stone. It was placed there miraculously by the first officially canonized saint in the Catholic Church in the 12th c. It’s still in the stone in a church in Italy.
697Vw TIL: There are dozens of long term studies regarding the effects of a father's involvement in childhood. The more time a father spends with their son greater reduces their stress, chance of drug/tobacco use, dangerous behaviors, increases education, and affects future income over 37 years.
5JpB TIL that a third string catcher, Moe Berg, toured Japan with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1934 while working as a US spy. Berg spoke 12 languages and eventually spied on the Nazis during WWII. When presented the report to the president, Roosevelt responded “Give my regards to the catcher.”
a8gOo TIL that there are around 350,000 unsolved murders since 1965 in the United States.
69Bj8 TIL Vancouver's Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society voted to save a six-metre-wide dead Hollow Tree stump and paid $200,000 worth of restoration work. The parks board voted to cut down the 700 year old tree, because it was a safety hazard