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TIL of an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, Thailand that is doing its best to stop the elephant riding tourist trade.

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ZorQ TIL that the fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans - so much so, they could be confused at a crime scene!
GDJ4 TIL a man died in a helmet law protest while not wearing a helmet when he crashed his motorcycle. Medical experts say he would have survived if he had a helmet on during the accident.
XEB0k TIL Before he was president, Lincoln was a wrestler winning 299 out of 300 matches. Old Abe is actually in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
nWoNb TIL: There is a Japanese martial art of combative swimming called Suijutsu. Various styles existed such as the Iwakura Ryū which has techniques for unusual situations such as eating while in water and many schools taught methods of swimming in armor.
MenG7 TIL that for some reason Chinese media has explicitly banned the phrase “green tea bitch”