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TIL that African Elephants can instinctively understand human gestures

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o8QL TIL illegal income, such as bribes, are considered taxable income. Authorities can use this to prosecute people with “legal immunity” (diplomats, UN workers, etc) as they are not immune to paying taxes.
D9MV TIL Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King. SR hostage at Morehouse College. He was convicted of felony Unlawful Confinement.
GY9L5 TIL the Queen had watched The Crown and was reported to have enjoyed the series, although she found some of the events depicted to be too dramatic.
MeED8 TIL that a research team figured out how to produce a fossil in as little as five days
7V7b TIL In 2011 an artist placed 4 frat boys in a plexi box with 30 cases of beer, a bucket, and a Sharpie