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TIL that dismemberment by elephant was a common execution technique in SE Asia.

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v1jQ7 TIL that a restaurant in California was secretly serving its customer's Popeye's Chicken for months.
7rD5O TIL A study showed that people who drank 32 ounces of energy drinks in an hour had abnormal electrical activity in their hearts and higher blood pressure four hours later. About 30% of Americans ages 12 through 17 regularly consume energy drinks, linked to increased emergency room visits and death
Ow8e TIL that the famous WW2 photo of a British milkman in the Blitz was faked. The photographer got his assistant to dress up to create a positive image that wartime censors wouldn’t block.
nZXP TIL there are nearly 20 mg of silver per kg of sewage sludge, making it nearly economically recoverable
grKx9 TIL, Fermented elephant coffee, also known as Black Ivory Coffee, is a rare and expensive coffee that is made by feeding Arabica coffee cherries to elephants to ferment in their digestive systems... and collecting the Poo...