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TIL Elephants are ACTUALLY afraid of mice!

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xVJp5 TIL that a male platypus has ankle spurs that are capable of delivering a wicked sting. So wicked that the excruciating pain can incapacitate an adult human. The pain is also long-lasting, and can even turn into a condition called hyperalgesia.
RXDw TIL in 1999 a mentally ill man was arrested for plotting to kill sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt to boost approval ratings.
69E7Z TIL that after the Enron investigation ended, the company's entire email database became public domain. It has become a valuable research tool cited in over 3,000 data science papers, since access to company emails is normally bound by privacy and security restrictions.
OJPR TIL in Stockholm, there is a speed camera lottery where good drivers can win money from the fines of speeding drivers
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