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TIL elephant babies suck on their trunks for comfort.

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L0am TIL: the 1982 film ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ was a true story and the character of Mark 'Rat’ Ratner was, in reality, then high school student Andy Rathbone; popular author of the ’…For Dummies’ books.
6ldJ TIL that the average American receives an estimated 41 pounds of junk mail a year, destroying about 400 sq feet of natural habitat per person. Only about 32% is recovered for recycling.
7r4Z7 TIL the most powerful volcanic eruption in the last 7,000 years, on the Indonesian island of Lombok, led to a global mini-ice age that contributed to the disappearance of the Greenland Vikings
D1mjY TIL that the word 'Trampoline' was created and Trademarked in 1936, and comes from the Spanish 'trampolín', meaning a diving board.
mxaXp TIL that all human babies are born colorblind