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TIL Texas is the only state to have fought two civil wars to protect slavery

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9YKYr TIL Poo2Loo was a UNICEF led campaign in India aimed at combating “open defecation.”
R5VL9 TIL that in Ohio, one of the first documented criminal rings was the Society of the Banana
W9VX TIL In the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter. But Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd sarcastically, and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.
l7gmV TIL that not only were Woolly Mammoths roughy the same size as modern Elephants, but that they also began to evolve after African Elephants, thus African Elephants are the more ancient species.
awAX0 TIL that the company that makes Nutella, Ferrero is the world's largest consumer of hazelnuts, buying around 25% of global production in 2014.