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TIL that as CEO of Walmart US, Greg Foran would go undercover as a shopper

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X05v8 TIL In 2022, 68 year-old Maya Murmu was collecting water in India when an elephant stamped on her. She was rushed to the hospital, but died from her injuries. When family members gathered for her funeral, a herd of elephants appeared, and one of them lifted Murmu’s body and threw it in the air.
wbn6 TIL a “sugar high,” or hyperactivity in children as a result of sugar consumption, is a myth
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.
gr8QX TIL Rhode Island is only two miles away from New York due to Fishers Island (part of NY) being just offshore of RI's southernmost landlocked point.
1a4r8 TIL of the Battle Of Bowmanville in 1942 where approximately 100 Canadian soldiers quelled a rebellion of German POWs using only hockey sticks and water cannons.