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TIL Forests Are Dying in Thailand Due to the Loss of Elephants and Their Revitalizing Poop

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rkOw TIL that in last 85 years in the US, unemployment has gone up during all Republican presidential terms except Reagan and gone down during all democrat presidential terms except Carter (see chart)
OGxW1 TIL in July 1969, US Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into the sea after a party and left the scene, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown, a young woman that could have been saved if help had been called that night.
Gj6E TIL that Joseph Haydn, a classical music composer, wrote a musical piece in which the musicians gradually leave the stage until 2 violins are left in the end
6xNQ TIL the way Helsinki survived WW2. In 1944 the USSR began a massive air attack on the city to force Finland to leave the war. Finns used fires and searchlights to trick Soviet bombers into dropping bombs outside the city. Russian diplomats were surprised to find an intact Helsinki after the war.
QDpL TIL the anti-piracy group responsible for the ad on all your DVDs was sued for stealing the theme song.