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TIL elephants call and respond to each other by name

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OwXX TIL Simpsons creator Matt Groening chose yellow for the color of the characters because he wanted viewers to think the color on their television was off balance.
Br6lK TIL In 1933 Asbestos companies settled claims about the damage of asbestos, they then funded the research so they could control it.
9JJD TIL that a bug researcher named Schmidt volunteered to be stung by insects, no matter the pain, and created the “Schmidt Sting Pain Index” even describing the sensations much like a wine taster
oRbE TIL that Donald Rumsfeld ordered a study in 2004 on the cause of terrorism. The findings: “Muslims do not ‘hate our freedom,’ but rather, they hate our policies… specifically American direct intervention in the Muslim world and support for Islamic tyrannies in places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia.”
VReD TIL a bass player for Iggy & The Stooges enlisted in the US army, he wanted to go to Vietnam due to the cheap heroin available there.