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TIL Yao Ming is an ambassador for elephant conservation

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YwmP TIL The allies used a ghost inflatable army to trick Hitlers forces.
oBV8Y TIL that Sebastian Arcelus, best known for appearing in House of Cards and Madam Secretary, is in the line of succession to the British throne. His maternal grandfather was an Italian nobleman, his maternal grandmother was a Russian princess, and his great-great-grandfather was the King of Serbia.
8aBN4 TIL phone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan between 555-0100 and 555-0199 are required to be non-working in all area codes, as they are reserved for fictitious phone numbers in entertainment and advertising, such as for movies and TV Shows.
9YPYm TIL that 18th-century scientists believed that sperm contained tiny preformed humans that implanted in the woman’s reproductive system to grow in size.
69oZw TIL The only way to get free parking at UC Berkeley is to win a Nobel prize!