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TIL of the Dead Internet Theory which states that we are being manipulated by bots

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Y4Ox TIL that Elephants are excellent swimmers. They swim submerged underwater using their trunks as snorkels. African Elephants have been recorded swimming 48km .They can swim 6 hours nonstop then rest without sinking.
GAw9J TIL in 50,000 years' time, Niagara Falls will have eroded the remaining 32km to Lake Erie, and will therefore cease to exist.
16v8r TIL that in 1961, LEGO created its own airport and airline, just to fly its employees around the world. Today, the airport is Denmark's 2nd biggest, and it's roughly the size of Anchorage Airport, Alaska.
nWjjP TIL that Berea College in Kentucky makes tuition FREE for all students through a work-learn program
lE0N TIL that Thomas Harris based his character Hannibal Lecter on a real person, a doctor who murdered and dismembered his victims and treated patients while in prison. He spent nearly 40 years in prison before being released in 2000. He went back to practicing medicine.