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TIL fleeing the Japanese in WWII Burma, a group of refugees spent two days carving a 270-foot staircase into a mountain so that they and 52 elephants could escape

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MAR8 TIL Someone sued apple because they hated iOS 7 so much
Gbx4 TIL that “Shamu”, Sea World’s famed Killer Whale, has been dead since 1971 and they just recycle the name for new Orcas in their shows.
MwRb TIL the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (1995) went Platinum in 10 days, reaching #10 on the Billboard 200
a8AXM Til that prior to becoming President, Gerald Ford called for a thorough investigation of UFO sightings in Michigan and was critical of the multiple claims being dismissed as originating from "swamp gas"
7rplM TIL: The Queen owns all the sturgeons, whales and dolphins in the waters within 3 miles from the UK