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TIL Yao Ming is an ambassador for elephant conservation

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grxEW TIL Borat's first movie was banned in Kazakhstan but when the second was released they made a tourism campaign around "Very Nice!"
Mb00 TIL William Wrigley originally started a ‘home essentials’ business, selling baking powder and soap. With these, he gave a free pack of his gum. He later abandoned the baking powder business when he learned that people were buying it just to get the gum.
VAED TIL Scotland has its own species of wildcat, and it is endangered.
gMy08 TIL after a passenger airline was shot down after accidentally entering Soviet airspace, President Ronald Reagan decided to authorize the U.S. military’s satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) for civilian use in order to prevent similar tragedies.
Wk5pd TIL that Guinness World Records still lists Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" as the best-selling single of all time.