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TIL Elephants are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks to Avoid Poachers

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lDwG TIL in Japan, a few foreign cartoons including “Bob The Builder” was suggested to be edited, adding a fifth finger to the characters’ hands. The reason was that having only four fingers implies membership of the Japanese Mafia.
QJjJk TIL Bryan Cranston did a Preparation H commercial in the 80s.
N7ABN TIL the world's best selling spirit is "baijiu", a Chinese sorghum-based liquor.
g9l8 TIL that once Yo Yo Ma, a famous cellist, played in Steve Job’s living room and Jobs called his performance “the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God.”
M90V TIL that the filmmakers of “Lord of War” used a real stockpile of over 3,000 AK-47s because it was cheaper than getting prop guns.