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TIL that in China, people don’t recognise the name Elvis Presley, and only know him as ‘Maowang’ which translates to ‘The Cat King’

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neLjo TIL that Maine, not Florida, is the closest US state to Africa.
loeZA TIL The name for a person who can speak many languages is a ‘polyglot’, not a ‘linguist’.
eJpk TIL Elephants can be right or left-tusked the same way humans have a dominant hand. Their dominant tusk is usually more worn down.
9jZX TIL of Francis P Hammerberg. During salvage efforts in Pearl Harbor, two Navy Divers became trapped when a piece of wreckage collapsed. By tunneling through 20’ of mud and steel he saved both men but became trapped himself in the wreckage. He died 18 hours later and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.