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

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NXkP TIL a baker’s dozen is 13 instead of 12 because bakers were afraid of accidentally shorting the customer and violating strict laws (wish punishments including losing a hand)
Jkrm TIL Roger Federer is a father of two sets of identical twins. Twin girls born in 2009, and twin boys in 2014.
jNyKX TIL about the power of placebo. In a 2002 study spanning two years, people with osteoarthritis improved equally whether they were given knee surgery or tricked into thinking they received it.
VBG7k TIL the coded phrases for the royal family to implement funeral plans for family members, include bridge names. London Bridge, for example for Queen Elizabeth II
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