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TIL a BBC documentary unveiled the extreme torture of elephants in Indian temples.

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8a89a TIL that Buddy Holly is the reason Elton John wears glasses. He started wearing glasses at 13 to imitate Holly. Eight months later they had done so much damage to his eyes that he actually needed glasses.
nelVY TIL that men have better spatial abilities than women, such as with mazes, mental rotation, and navigation. This is observed in other mammals too. The leading evolutionary explanation is that males tend to have larger habitat ranges than females
ANPb4 TIL Actress Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction, Men in Black) has only made five films since playing a lead character in 1999's Dogma, two of which were direct to video. Fiorentino's last two films were released in 2002 and 2009.
WLyN TIL the first ingredients listed on a package of goldfish are “Smiles”
X68R TIL the only American not on Earth during 9/11 [Frank L. Culberston] recorded the event from the ISS. He later learned that the pilot of the plane that struck The Pentagon was a classmate of his from the US Naval Academy [Charles Burlingame].