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TIL that Elephant Shrews are closer related to elephants than to shrews

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GYbME TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins originally wanted to be a composer. He released an album that topped the UK classical charts in 2012. At the age of 26, he composed a waltz that was finally performed 47 years later by André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra, who specializes in waltzes.
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OZwg TIL that Wisconsin is the only state requiring external investigations of police-involved deaths.
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D9kv TIL in 1926, women in Toronto competed to produce the most babies over a 10 year period. The winner would receive the estate of a well-known lawyer/practical joker.