› added 6 years ago

61

TIL there is an Asian Elephant sanctuary in Thailand for elephants that have been subject to cruelty by bad owners. Some are driven to exhaustion when used for logging, others are tortured to subdue them to become tame for tourist rides.

Read more planetreport.net

via reddit.com

0dvRj TIL During the last Ice Age the ice mass could have been up to three kilometres thick
k8Xd TIL a man died while shooting a saguaro cactus with a shotgun when a 4 foot long arm he shot off fell on top of him.
544Q TIL while filming the movie disaster Ishtar, the animal trainer needed to find a blue-eyed camel. He found the perfect one at the first dealer but decided to shop around. Realizing how rare blue-eyed camels are, he returned to the first trader, who had since eaten the camel.
yQeQa TIL that amnesics who play Tetris and have no memory of playing Tetris still experience the "Tetris Effect"
DaOr TIL that President Clinton did not carry credit cards or much cash and became notorious for borrowing money from Secret Service guards while out shopping.