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TIL Elephants have been known to extract spears from wounded friends, and to stay with infants born with disabilities.

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mxNQO TIL that Pope John Paul II was shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt. The Pope survived and forgave the attacker, and even requested that the man be pardoned from life imprisonment. After the Pope died, his would-be assassin visited his tomb and laid flowers.
wJ6 TIL that sloths only poop once a week and it’s called the poo dance
GA9WJ TIL that there was an unrecognized proposed state in colonial America called the State of Franklin in what is now eastern Tennessee founded with the intent to be the 14th state.
X0VDE TIL more than 5,000 mail carriers get attacked by dogs each year.
41yJ TIL the actor that played Reese on Malcolm in the middle, is actually younger than the actor who played Malcolm