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TIL An elephant's skin can be up to 1 inch thick but is so sensitive it can feel a fly landing on it.

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mxwwR TIL of John R. Brinkley, who convinced a bunch of people that having goat testicles implanted in them would increase their virility.
b9w7Z TIL during the Depression, Frederick Mellinger, was fired from a job for proposing they sell black women's underwear instead of the basic white. He then joined the Army and found that men wanted to see pin-up girls in more risque lingerie. This caused him to make his own exotic line of lingerie.
kOdLd TIL The word 'fascinating' comes from the word 'fascinum' which was an ancient roman amulet of a flying penis, used a a protection charm
MGlV TIL a family-friendly game developer went into a depression after people repeteadely criticized his game character for looking like ‘a scary animatronic’. He overcame depression, was inspired to make a horror game, and went on to create 'Five Nights at Freddy’s’.
Br9By TIL The Great Coffee - Sugar War ( 1897 -1903) was fought between 'Coffee King' (John Arbuckle) and 'Sugar King' (Henry Osborne Havemeyer). The Price War was eventually won by John Arbuckle although the 'legal fees' alone cost each party millions of Dollars (not adjusting for inflation)