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TIL Elephants killed 605 people in Assam b/w 1994-2006. In South Africa, 3 elephants killed 63 rhinos. Biologists think increased elephant aggression is the result of species-wide trauma from poaching & habitat loss, and direct trauma for those who saw family members murdered before their eyes.

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8G7b TIL over 6,000 Americans go to the emergency room for injuries opening plastic packaging
a7oN TIL that Kaley Cuoco was once a nationally ranked amateur tennis player. She started at the age of 3 and gave it up at 16.
KYwMw TIL of James Riley. On Aug 19, 1871, Riley was involved in a shootout in Newton, KS. When the fight ended, Riley had shot 6 people, 2 mortally, and walked away never to be seen again.
D15re TIL in the midst of the messy divorce, Charles Dickens referred to his wife as “dearest darling, Pig” and attempted to have her committed to an insane asylum so he could live with his 18 year old mistress.
VMENQ TIL of Chinese folklore's "Pixiu", a creature that was banished from the heavens for being unruly--; It was spanked by the Jade Emperor so hard that its butthole was sealed, leaving it cursed to a diet of gold, silver, and jewels but unable to expel any of it.