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TIL A Bug’s Life, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and Monsters Inc. were all conceived on a napkin during a lunch

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N7N8N TIL an elephant's trunk can hold 12 liters of water (3 gallons) and weighs as much as 140 kg (300 lbs).
VBA4p TIL that the seven-day week originated with the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians 4,000 years ago. The names of the days of the week can be traced back to the seven “planets” recognized by these cultures: The sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
LZ5m TIL that during the Cambodian massacres, Khmer Rouge tricked intellectuals working/exiled abroad by asking them to come back to rebuild Cambodia. When the special plane sent to collect them arrived,they were killed.
e08pJ TIL that the Ho Chi Minh trail was not simply a few footpaths but a network of tracks wide enough to drive trucks along, and multiple oil pipelines that by the end of the war had supplied 270,000 tonnes of petroleum to troops in southern Vietnam
5GRB TIL there is a village in Nebraska with only one resident. She acts as mayor, and even pays taxes to herself.