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TIL Scotland has a national elephant polo team.

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9WoQ TIL before WWII Henry Ford sent thousands of US workers to Soviet Union in order to establish a Ford licenced factory. The project was a huge disaster and the workers were abandoned by Ford and the US government. Most of them died in Soviet gulags, less than a hundred ever came back.
j0BN TIL that the Spain National Anthem has no official lyrics because they could not find an agreement on which ones to use.
R5MlQ TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land
Y7kAd Today I learned Mauritania, a country located in West Africa still practices slavery even though it was abolished in 1981 then criminalized in 2007 making it the last country to do so.
nWdKB TIL in 2013 a man taking shelter under a tree during a storm was struck by lightning, which knocked him off his feet. But before he hit ground, he was struck by a second bolt of lightning. However he never lost consciousness & escaped with only minor injuries. His doctors told him he was "a miracle"