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TIL Baby elephants usually suck their own trunks to calm themselves. That is almost similar to human babies who also tend to suck their own thumbs.

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awNgA TIL Taiwanese author Chen Yingzhen was a supporter of the notion of a unifying Chinese national identity in Taiwan. Chen was "considered by many Chinese readers and critics in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas to be Taiwan's greatest author"
Owve TIL all of the actors in “Pirates of the Caribbean” learned how to work with cannons and swords in Pirates School, which included getting trained by the late famed swordsman Bob Anderson, who also was the lightsaber master who fought battles as Darth Vader in Star Wars films
eLDJ TIL that in the US, 25% of rural bridges and 33% of urban bridges are considered to be structurally deficient by the American Society of Civil Engineers
MLaA TIL The movie “The Warriors”, about a Brooklyn gang fighting its way past rivals to make it back to Coney Island, was an adaptation from the Ancient Greek text “Anabasis” by Xenophon about Greek mercenaries stranded 1,000 miles behind Persian lines trying to fight their way back home.
W7La8 TIL that Van Halen's touring contract stated that if they found any brown M&M's backstage the band could cancel the concert at the full expense of the promotor. If brown M&M's were found it meant the promotor hadn't read every word of the contract and may have missed important safety-related items.