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TIL female elephants are known to masturbate one another with their trunks (observed only in captivity)

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6EkoY TIL of Research during 1950s all-male combat aircraft assignments revealed that a woman's voice was more likely to gain the attention of young men in distracting situations. Joan Elms voice was used for the automated voice warnings for Convair B-58 and was named "Sexy Sally" by the pilots.
vjxr TIL of the “double-tap” drone strike, where a drone attacks once, waits for people to gather to help survivors and then attacks the same spot again
DQwXV TIL Male mice are utterly terrified of bananas
rNOZ1 TIL Ken Jennings and his friend Earl both passed the Jeopardy auditions together, but Earl couldn't compete until Ken lost as they weren't allowed to compete at the same time. Since Jeopardy only keeps auditions until the end of the season, Earl didn't get a chance to play due to Ken's long streak
rVlw TIL that George Washington was a ginger.