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TIL African Elephants are evolving to not have tusks, protecting themselves from poachers but also harming their species

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XEN76 TIL: Eight spaceships can be connected to the International Space Station at the same time
QJwOa TIL there are only 25 Blimps on earth
LQd9d TIL Zakia Khudadadi was the first Afghan female sportsperson to participate in an international sporting event after the Taliban takeover when she competed in the 2021 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She publicly requested help in order to safely leave Afghanistan and take part at the Tokyo Paralympics
XV0E TIL that during his time at the White House, Herbert Hoover would speak Mandarin to his wife when they wanted to avoid eavesdroppers.
5YvR8 TIL about Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater, who became the "missingest man in New York," when he disappeared on the streets of Manhattan in 1930. On the day he destroyed several documents, shifted portfolios to his 5th Ave apartment and withdrew $5000. He was declared legally dead in 1939.