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TIL that a herd of wandering wild elephants have become celebrities in China as they make a 15 month, 500 km odyssey from their forest reserve. Rather than capture them, the Chinese support their migration via drone monitoring and corn and pineapple food deliveries

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woLWW TIL there are hundreds of cats released into Disneyland at night for rodent control, and they are rounded back up in the morning before the park opens.
5YBRR TIL that the infamous RMS Titanic had a near-identical sister ship called Olympic, nicknamed "Old Reliable", that was re-commissioned in WWI as a troop transport ship and was notable for having carried over 200,000 troops during the war and sinking a German u-boat by ramming into it head-on
Oor11 TIL a married couple was hired by the MLB from 1981-2004 to draw up each season's baseball schedule. They were responsible for scheduling 2,430 games played by 30 teams.
R70Z4 TIL that in 1916, the HMS Chester was heavily attacked. The only survivor was the 16-year old Jack Cornwell, who was still at his position waiting for orders, despite German shell shards having ripped through his chest, stomach and legs. He died 3 days later, and was awarded the Victoria Cross.
rR4d0 TIL the scar on Tina Fey’s left cheek was caused by a stranger cutting her face with a razor as they ran past her playing in her yard when she was 5 years old. She doesn’t like to talk about it cause she doesn’t want anyone to think she’s using the trauma for attention.