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TIL about a hormonal phase musth, in bull elephants where they become very aggressive due to 60 times their normal levels of testosterone

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m1pwv TIL of Bess Myerson who was the first Miss America, to be Jewish, in 1945. Reactions to her win were mixed, while Jews hailed her a hero and compared her to Queen Esther, 3 out of the 5 sponsors of Miss America refused to have her represent them. She later became a politician
NXBYJ TIL that the Pokemon in Slowbro's tail was originally an entirely different being, "Taaban", that we never end up getting!
mVAx TIL McPizza failed in part because the size of the box was too big to fit through the Drive-Thru Window
b5k7 TIL for $22,000 Swiss company Algordanza will take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one. Most stones come out blue because humans contains trace amounts of boron. Occasionally diamond pops out white, yellow or black.
XQLj TIL that human teeth are evolving to be smaller