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

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kAQB TIL th NFL moved 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona after residents there voted against recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
W16d TIL In Switzerland, Rabies has been virtually eradicated after scientists placed chicken heads laced with a vaccine in the Swiss Alps. The foxes of Switzerland, proven to be the main source of rabies in the country, ate the chicken heads and immunized themselves.
vOlj TIL: Andrew Jackson’s parrot was ejected from his funeral for swearing
WRrY TIL that Queen guitarist Brian May jokingly asked the band bassist, John Deacon, to learn the double bass for the recording of his folk song ‘39. Just a couple days later, he found Deacon in the studio with the instrument, having already learned to play it.
69EO8 TIL The Halifax Explosion was the largest man made explosion in recorded history up until that point. Explosives were measured in “Halifaxes” afterward. The first atomic explosion was 10 Halifaxes.