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TIL 61% of men and 48% of women partake in sexting and suggestive photo taking with their cellphones.

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GYXVg TIL when Lawrence Anthony, known as "The Elephant Whisperer", passed away. A herd of elephants arrived at his house in South Africa to mourn him. Although the elephants were not alerted to the event, they travelled to his house and stood around for two days, and then dispersed.
N7D6J TIL that in 2005, Costco sent out a recall notice for punching bags that were filled with used men and women's underwear instead of sand. Everyone that purchased the bag got a replacement and a shipping label to return the bag.
OD1 TIL Stalin once said to Winston Churchill, “God is on your side? Is He a Conservative? The Devil’s on my side, he’s a good Communist.”
v1jaj TIL - that during WW1, the British created a campaign to shame men into enlisting. Women would hand out White Feathers to men not in uniform and berate them as cowards. The it was so successful that the government had to create badges for men in critical occupations so they would not be harassed.
KYwaB TIL that 53 years ago from today was the first time data was sent through the internet. it was only the 2 digits "LO" because the network could not deal with so much information (AKA to complete the word "LOGIN") so it crushed after the first 2 digits.