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TIL Elephants think humans are cute. Their brain reacts in a similar way ours do when we see a cute puppy.

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xVaOk TIL about a soccer ball that survived the Challenger disaster in 1986. 30 years later it finally reached space and flew in the ISS for 173 days and almost 3000 trips around the earth.
R76E4 TIL: During WWII, armies deployed Searchlight Units to aide night time movement, detect enemies and dazzle enemies. They were called "Moonlight Batteries". On cloudy nights, the units could bounce the light off clouds to provide diffuse lighting.
xVZw7 TIL that My Pillow had its BBB accreditation revoked in 2017 due to deceptive advertising practices
xVn8k TIL that Steven Seagal was a Russian envoy to the US in 2018
4EpJ TIL Mayhem is an actual crime and means the intentional maiming of another person.