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TIL Katey Sagal of Married with Children father was killed when he turned the wrong way into a helicopter tail rotor

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kORw4 TIL that a baby elephant struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in Thailand survived after an off-duty rescue worker performed CPR on it. The man had worked in rescue for 26 years and performed dozens of CPR attempts on humans, but the elephant was the first victim he had ever managed to revive
78WNL TIL: Until 2013, foreign chefs in Japan were legally barred from working in restaurants specializing in traditional Japanese food and could only serve foreign cuisine. Japan changed its regulations for foreign chefs after traditional Japanese cuisine won UNESCO designation.
BrboL TIL that Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, was equipped with a shower that had a cylindrical curtain, a handheld push-button showerhead, and foot restraints.
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
4Pgg TIL Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone lists some of his greatest accomplishments, but leaves out the fact that he was the President of the United States.