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TIL that elephants are scared of bees even though a bee sting does not penetrate their hide

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akk0 TIL an early version of Picasso’s The Weeping Woman was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria with the ransom demand being an increase in funding to the arts. The painting was later found undamaged in a locker at a Melbourne train station and the theft remains unsolved today.
KnaB TIL that many human ailments, such as lower back pain, hernias, prolapsed uteruses and our susceptibility to sinus infections result directly from the fact that we now walk upright with a body that was shaped to walk on all fours.
6EEWX TIL that Salt Lake City planners made the city blocks way too big making intersection crossings dangerous for pedestrians so now they give them big ass flags to carry while they cross!
pY67A TIL Andrew Johnson showed up wasted to his own vice presidential inaguration. Witnesses described his speech as "hostile, inane, incoherent, repetitive, self-aggrandizing, and sloppy", and he kissed the Bible he was to swear an oath on
LQmjp TIL the Sun sings. The Sun constantly emits sound waves, but space’s vacuum makes them inaudible to us.