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TIL: That Japan’s oldest elephant died this year after 60 years alone in an enclosure devoid of grass, trees, or other elephants.

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oJoo TIL that grapefruit gets its name from growing in clusters, resembling a bushel of large, yellow grapes.
womXJ TIL that a fake baby (doll) was used in the 2014 film American Sniper because the real baby that was supposed to play in the scene showed up with a fever and the second baby was a no show. In one media screening of the film, the audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared.
51RD TIL that there is a large amount of evidence that proves O.J.’s son, Jason, committed the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
6y4Q TIL when the words and the numbers on a check don’t match, the words prevail. This is because the Uniform Commercial Code dictates: “If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.”
awRDA TIL while today the habitat of grizzly bears is primarily limited to Alaska and parts of Canada, there was a population of grizzlies in Mexico before they went extinct in 1964.