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TIL that elephants have the longest pregnancy of any mammal, lasting around 22 months (nearly two years)

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JOGv TIL that a man who was kept in a state mental hospital against his will for 15 years sued the state for loss of liberty. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court and marked the beginning of deinstitutionalization of mental asylums in the U.S.
d8lkd TIL in 2015 more Americans reported being of German ancestry than being black.
nWZkW TIL that before the advent of air guitar in the 1960s, music listeners would "shadow conduct" to phonograph records, pretending to lead an orchestra