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TIL the subspecies of Elephant used by Hannibal in his invasion of Italy are extinct

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oRArA TIL that George Orwell participated in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); after travelling as a journalist for reporting on the war, he later enlisted as a soldier against fascism. In the photo some of his comrades can be seen with Ernest Hemingway in the background (1937).
kJ0E1 TIL Rolex is owned by a charitable foundation and pays no corporate tax
ZDBY TIL life on Earth may have originated on Mars. NASA’s latest studies show that microbes on Mars may have come to Earth on a meteorite.
78R8Z TIL in the original German ending of the fairy tale Snow White, the evil queen is forced to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she drops dead.
p865G TIL that all farts depend on your internal temperature, some just feel hotter than others.