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TIL the script for the film Colombiana was initially written as a sequel to the The Professional

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47Ea TIL one of the countermeasures against war elephants was to douse some pigs with oil or resin, set them alight, and drive them towards the enemy’s elephants. The elephants would bolt in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of soldiers by trampling them to death.
9MDr TIL Max Brooks, author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, is Mel Brooks’ son.
YpjX7 TIL that Nicholas White, a Business Week employee, spent 41 hours trapped in an elevator, even though he signaled an alarm, and there was surveillance video inside the elevator cab
l7xjN TIL the images of space you see from space telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope are initially in black and white and the colors are later edited in by people.
8abZL TIL around 8–10% of rams (male sheep) have an exclusive homosexual orientation and around 18–22% of rams are bisexual