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TIL a death row inmate who avoided the electric chair accidentally electrocuted himself on a toilet

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epOKJ TIL an elephant (Tarra) and a dog (Bella) had become close friends at a sanctuary in Tennessee. Unfortunately, one day Bella was killed by coyotes, and Tarra found her body and carried it a mile back to the barn where the staff were.
oBpaR TIL that there are more viruses in the oceans than there are stars in the universe, by 10 million fold, and lined side-by-side, they would stretch beyond the nearest 60 galaxies.
W7Ze8 TIL the Colleoni family of Bergamo has three pairs of testicles as their coat of arms, as the name Colleoni sounds similar to "Coglione", the Italian word for testicles.
v4JK TIL that Michael Eakin, a PA court justice, has been criticized for writing his opinions as poems, such as “A deal is a deal, if fairly undertaken/and we find disclosure was fair and unshaken.” He believes that “You have an obligation as a judge to be right, but you have no obligation to be dull.”
x6NZk TIL there's a flower(Psychotria elata) that disguises itself to look like lips with makeup so that it will be pollinated.