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TIL Elephants are being hunted for their tusks so much that some populations of elephants have now actually evolved to be tuskless.

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jGKQ TIL that in Portland in the 1800s there were so many trees cut down that people could use the stumps as stepping stones to keep out of the mud while they walked.
DQVGr TIL The Banana Pitch, or Bananabeu, is a Welsh stadium whose name is due to the fact that the goal mouth ends are considerably higher than the centre.
NOV1 TIL having to drink 8 cups of water a day is a lie
aw1Vb TIL that barbers in Turkey use fire to singe off the fine hairs in your ears
AXed TIL due to its popularity with Muslims, until 1600 church leaders were calling coffee “the bitter invention of Satan”. Upon tasting coffee Pope Clement VIII declared, “This devil’s drink is so delicious…we should cheat the devil by baptizing it.”