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TIL that elephants can also communicate through seismic signals - sounds that create vibrations in the ground - which they may detect through their bones.

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Avdn TIL that the weird little “spirals” on jet engine turbine tips are so the ground crews can tell if an engine is spinning or not
5Kwp TIL Pimps wear lots of gold jewelry bought at pawn shops to “re-pawn” for bail money since cash is confiscated upon arrest but jewelry is not.
OGJg6 TIL about Steel, a 1997 movie featuring Shaquille O'Neal as the armor-clad vigilante "Steel" from DC Comics. The film bombed at the box office, setting the record for biggest sophomore weekend drop for any superhero film.
0wYNR TIL that the astronautical term “Black Holes” are coined from a completely irrelevant event in 1756, which entails the death of POWs from suffocation and heat exhaustion from being overpacked into a dungeon overnight.
yVDyJ TIL that the ancient Greeks originally included Africa in Asia, considering them one continent, while classifying Europe as a separate land.