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TIL female elephants stay fertile into their 60s

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v1pm8 TIL In the original Pulp Fiction script, Vincent actually shoots Marvin in the throat first - then he and Jules have an entire argument over what to do next while Marvin gurgles & listens in horror
BgnJW TIL that RAF pilot Douglas Bader became one of Britains top WWII flying aces despite losing both legs in a prewar crash.He flew Spitfires using prosthetic legs shot down over 20 German aircraft and was so respected by the enemy that Luftwaffe ace Galland personally arranged to drop him a prosthetic.
kO5L7 TIL about the Grasshopper Mouse - a mouse that eats snakes, scorpions and other critters and is immune to scorpion venom. The best part is that it lets out a horrifyingly cute howl after eating and has been nicknamed the Ware-wolf Mouse
jNWMQ TIL the reason why an Air Canada flight ran out of fuel mid flight in '83, NASA lost its Mars orbiter in '99, and a roller coaster car derailed on Space Mountain in '03 were due to confusion in working with both imperial and metric systems.
9YLeX TIL Rich LeFevre holds the world record for eating 6 lbs of SPAM out of the can in 15 minutes