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TIL Elephants have a specific call to warn the herd of the presence of angry bees

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KOg94 TIL actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and played Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was born to parents who were both deaf. She was taught to speak by a hearing aunt, who also introduced her to acting.
yQy1X TIL that 1 in 4 U.S. auto accidents are caused by distracted driving (cellphone use), and that distracted driving is considered 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
8aJ78 TIL that newspaper magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst promoted the "annexation" of both Hawaii and Philippines in 1898 by publishing sensationalist articles to whip up support for imperialism which President Grover Cleveland was against.
p8xyO TIL that eating uncooked squid without removing the Spermatophores can inseminate your mouth with squid sperm that bite and give a stinging sensation.
mPep TIL since 1950 the United States has lost a total of 8 nuclear bombs