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TIL An elephant’s digestive system produces enough methane gas each day to propel an automobile twenty miles.

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Mey0V TIL A pirate had a bounty of $500 put on him by a governor, so he put an even larger bounty on the governor (reports say either $1500 or $5000).
9Y5AM TIL The Paraguayan Fortress of Humaitá was known as the Gibraltar of South America. The security of the fortress likely caused overconfidence in President Francisco Solano López, who launched the Paraguayan War, which he lost, 150,000 Paraguayans died, and Humaitá was razed by the Triple Alliance.
0deWM TIL the average Mexican is genetically 50% indigenous with evidence of native ancestry being significantly higher on the X chromosome.
Z8YKB TIL that 'goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with ye'
O0b7 TIL In 2007 a Dutch man walked free in a bestiality case because the sheep didn’t testify in court