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TIL That There was an Elephant In India named ‘Osama bin Laden’ That trampled 14 people to death in a six month period.

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WEpN TIL If we extract all the gold out of the ocean, there would be enough for everyone to have 9 pounds of gold
69EmX TIL of SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin. A German football club who, after the only other team in Berlin were kicked out the league got an unexpected promotion to the top league. The German FA wanted to keep a club in the city of Berlin for political reasons. They remain the worst team in Bundesliga history.
v104R TIL that Slovenia's national anthem is called "A Toast" (Zdravljica)
8ab18 TIL that many scientists believe that there is a 'mean gene' that is passed down through families and that there are four categories of meanness. Some scientists believe that this will eventully go away via evolution.
mJDv TIL during the Napoleonic Wars the English Navy inflicted over 3 times as many casualties on the French Navy than the French Navy inflicted on the English Navy, in part because French gun crews fired high to disable enemy masts & rigging while English gun crews fired low into enemy gun crews & hulls