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N7rkP TIL Elephants are being hunted for their tusks so much that some populations of elephants have now actually evolved to be tuskless.
PAdn TIL that WWF wrestler “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan was drafted into the NFL and played for the Atlanta Falcons.
Z4MB TIL ironically, the French flew the white flag as a symbol of military command.
VBG5Q TIL That the size of Mars is not even double the size of our Moon. Mars has a diameter of 6787km while the moon is 3476km
epKp5 TIL From 1825 to 1835 Justus von Liebig did research and taught his students practical chemistry out of a dissused barrack. It was not until 1833 that the teachings were accepted by the university, with new laboratories coming later.