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TIL that even though elephants have 10 times more body cells than humans, they’re still less likely to get cancer.

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Vg64 TIL the Pope was not officially declared infallible until the 1st Vatican Council in 1870
oR4ro TIL The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves, the oldest horse thief apprehension and detention society in the USA, has never apprehended or detained a single horse thief.
VM10k TIL Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence criticized King George III for enslaving Africans, and for over-ruling Virginia’s attempt to ban Slavery. In it, Jefferson called slavery a “cruel war against human nature.” The draft was struck down by the continental congress.
Z8gLv TIL Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders was fired after she suggested that masturbation should be taught in schools
VBwDk TIL Former Vice President Walter Mondale was cremated and is the only past President or Vice President not to have a gravesite.