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TIL about Osama bin Laden (the elephant) who killed 27 people over the course of a two-year rampage in a southern Indian district.

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eG84 TIL at the 1932 Olympics, the 3,000-metre steeplechase was run over 3,460 metres because an official lost count of the number of laps
jvJR TIL there’s a lake in Russia that contains more water than all of the American Great Lakes combined
xOjB TIL that the film version of “Fahrenheit 451” has spoken opening credits in keeping with the film’s story of a world without reading matter.
e8JE TIL The first ballpoint pens in America sold for $12.50, the equivalent of $164 today.
DQr8P TIL that Hitler being allowed to serve in World War 1 for Germany was most likely an administrative error; as an Austrian citizen, he should have been returned to Austria.