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WAZX TIL Elephants are one of the few (if not the only) animals who can understand human pointing, without any training.
oBKjo TIL that Russia gave the United States a memorial to the victims of 9/11
Oox5a TIL that Pablo Picasso carried around a revolver loaded with blanks, which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings
4XKvN TIL that in the 1930s, dust storms were so severe that the static electricity generated would arc from your body to the nearest metal object and knock you head-over-heels. Two men shaking hands could literally knock each other out.
WD58 TIL each dollar spent on prison education reduces incarceration costs by $4 to $5 during the first three years after a prisoner is released.