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TIL That elephants know to come to humans for help (like if they’ve been poisoned) and can find us even over long distances

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x61nD til playing cards have historical meaning which started in 1370s in Europe probably in Spain or Italy as imports or possessions of merchants from the Islamic Mamlūk dynasty centred in Egypt. Like their originals, the first European cards were hand-painted, making them luxury goods for the rich.
vPgVL TIL “White” mushrooms are just immature portobello mushrooms.
nKVP TIL Boris Yeltsin’s faith in communism was shattered after a trip to a grocery store in a Houston suburb in 1989.
PY4kZ TIL cockroaches are social and when they are in groups they make decisions collectively.
O5O7 TIL there are three power grids covering the United States. One for the west, one for the east, and one for Texas. Texas has its own in an attempt to maintain its freedom from federal regulation.