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TIL Jennifer Coolidge is president Calvin coolidge's 8th cousin twice removed.

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nDnW TIL that when faced against 120 war elephants, Timur the Lame stuffed his camel’s satchels with wood/hay, lit them on fire and prodded them forward. The sight of flaming camels charging at them caused the elephants to turn around and stampede their own lines.
pYvY8 TIL being bullied is the least common in Korea and Japan amongst OECD countries
vjKL TIL NC banned the use of scientific predictions of sea-level rise in determining coastal policies
OGGOY TIL that Tom Cruise went to seminary school and wanted to become a Catholic priest, until he was booted for stealing the priests’ booze.
Eg4lW TIL a baby born in the USA in 2021 has an estimated life expectancy of about 76 years, representing the only case of declining life expectancy among 1st world countries