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TIL it is common for elephants to live with and develop relationships with their grandmothers.

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v105R TIL Joel Strasser holds the world record for most toothpicks in a beard: 3,500. He also broke the record for most chopsticks (520), baubles (302), forks (121), and golf tees (607) in a beard
xP7w TIL Stephen Hawking had to purchase a one-year subscription to Penthouse for Kip Thorne after losing a bet pertaining to the existence of black holes.
YXn7 TIL that Luxembourg’s education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.
Bg8VD Til about William of Occam, a priest in 14th century known for Occam's razor, accused the Pope of heresy while himself being accused of heresy for his teachings. William ended up under protection of the Holy Roman Emperor, who was crowning a rival Pope.
neNEo TIL of Times Beach, Missouri. In the early 70's, to curb a dust problem caused by dirt roads, the town hired a contractor to spray used motor oil on the roads. The motor oil had been mixed with another chemical, dioxin, leading to one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S history.