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TIL Yao Ming is an ambassador for elephant conservation

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xVdJ1 TIL Sammy Davis Jr. disliked "The Candy Man" so much, he rushed through recording his vocals in two takes, convinced "the song is going straight to the toilet, pulling his career down with it". It ended up being his only Number One Hit, spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Top 100.
Lpv0 TIL Atilla The Hun died from drunkingly choking on his own blood. He was buried in secret, in a river. His body was placed inside of 3 coffins, one of each made of gold, silver, and iron. Those who buried him were then killed so that nobody would know where the grave was.
oQB7 TIL in the mid-1800s, a snail spent nearly four years glued to a specimen card in the British Museum before scientists realized it was still alive.
grWl9 TIL: In ancient Rome actors had a very low social status and were seen as little better than prostitutes
XaYj TIL that more than 90 percent of the monarch butterfly population has vanished in the last 25 years.