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TIL Scotland has a national elephant polo team.
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TIL the Woolworths store in Australia is unconnected to the historic brand in the UK and the US. The name was registered by the Sydney founders as a dare to see if it would be allowed. Despite the brand name being well established overseas it was available in New South Wales.
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TIL that Steve Jobs contracted a form of cancer that was slow growing and most likely to be cured, and the reason he didn’t survive was because he chose to hold off surgery for 9 months in favor of alternative treatments like acupuncture, dietary supplements and juices
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TIL that a American Airlines DC-10 in 1972 had it's cargo door ripped off and caused the floor of the plane to collapse. The crew guided the plane to safety.
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TIL about a Chinese general who castrated himself and placed his severed organs under Emperor's saddle to avoid being accused of sexual improprieties
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TIL if the Andromeda Galaxy were brighter, it would be larger in the sky than the Moon