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TIL Asian elephants bury their calves, they have been observed doing this in India, they bury them with facing up.

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mxnGx TIL that Kevin Smith donated all future residuals from Weinstein-made films to Women in Film charity.
NXk4Q TIL that Charles Thacker, designer of the 1973 Xerox Alto (the first computer with a graphical interface and mouse), also worked on early tablet concepts decades before Apple. When the iPad succeeded in 2010, his wife quipped, “Well, dear, you were 10 years ahead of your time again.”
gMny4 TIL a Coast Guard K9 is always one rank higher than their handler, signifying that the handler works for the dog instead of the other way around.
WW74 TIL that in July 1917, the “Red Baron” sustained a head wound during aerial combat that knocked him unconscious. As his plane was spinning back to Earth, he came to and was able to make a rough landing.
nWaAP TIL the term Guerrilla Warfare was coined during the Peninsula War (Napoleon era - 1807-1814) and is a reference to the Spanish word "guerrilla" (little war) which was used to refer to the partisans fighting against the French.