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TIL elephants call and respond to each other by name

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YJVv TIL Andrew Jackson was the only U.S. President in American history to pay off the national debt
PKJO TIL for two full months, Michael J Fox worked 16.5-hour days to fulfil his commitments to both Family Ties and Back to the Future. He’d finish on BTTF at 2.30am and start again on FT at 10am
kONXd TIL mail-order service Columbia House was responsible for over 15% of all CD sales in 1994. Its practice of "negative option billing" is now banned in 15 states and most Canadian provinces and the service shut down in 2009. A class action lawsuit was filed in 2011 due to inability to cancel.
ZbXY TIL: Dwarfs Were Highly Respected In Ancient Egypt
BrPlL TIL of Albert Pierrepoint, England's lead hangman from the 1940's-1950's. He executed many Nazi's and other high profile murderers. He owned a pub and usually was able to carry out an execution and still make it back to open his bar on time. He once had to hang one of his regular pub customers.