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TIL French KFC does not sell gravy!

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e0PE6 TIL that in 1962, elephant bones were discovered under the Vatican. Decades later, it was discovered that they were the bones of Pope Leo X's pet elephant Hanno, who died in 1516 after doctors (in an attempt to treat constipation) inserted a gold enema up its rectum.
GMVQ TIL that the original name for Atlanta, Georgia was Terminus which literally translates to “the end of the line”.
4kVKR TIL that the Water Speed Record is one of the world's most dangerous competitions. Of the thirteen people who have attempted it since 1930, seven have died. The record is 317.59 mph, set by Ken Warby in 1978.
awo9y TIL that in the Vietnam War the average number of rounds expended from an M-16 rifle to kill one enemy soldier was 50,000, or $23,000 per kill. In comparison it took a sniper an average of 1.3 rounds, or $0.17 to kill an enemy soldier.
LQBmv TIL Whalebone corsets were not made of bone, but of baleen, a whale's filter plate.