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TIL that elephants in Kenya's Kitum Cave venture into the dark to mine salt by breaking off rocks, adapting to their mineral-poor environment.

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vPLjK TIL The US Government has an entire telephone area code (710) reserved for itself, and there exists only one phone number in that entire area code.
R5W9a TIL Polaroid instant photos were first only available in sepia. The company published magazine ads for their black-and-white film before it was available in 1950 and employees worked quickly to meet public demand
pYvdb TIL: In 2012, Canadian Justin Williams assaulted and stabbed his neighbor for coming over tell him to stop yelling over a video game (World of Warcraft), he replied "it's not a game, it's my life" then grabbed and stabbed his neighbor. The neighbor lived, but now has a scar in his chest.
VMQbD TIL the original "laugh track" used in sitcoms was a physical instrument like an organ, was held under lock and key, and was owned and operated by only one man who knew how it worked. Charley Douglass used his "laff box" to create the laugh track for almost every sitcom in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
VgZ TIL that Pittsburgh is the only city in the USA where all of the sports teams share the same colors (Black and Gold)