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TIL Edinburgh, Scotland was the first city in the world to have its own fire brigade

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NDl6 TIL a 30-year-old elephant named Ben sought help at a safari lodge after being shot by poachers. The elephant waited patiently near the lodge for the 6 hours it took for a vet to fly in and dress his 3 bullet wounds.
RLX4 TIL a sports science researcher from France, Jean-Denis Rouillon of the University of Besançon, found after fifteen years of empirical research that women who go braless have, on average, perkier breasts, with nipples on average 7mm higher in relation to their shoulders than regular bra users.
MeMa8 TIL Two Oxford students heard that the author Rudyard Kipling earned 10 shillings per word so they sent him 10 shillings and asked for one of his very best words. Kipling replied: "Thanks".
dDk4d TIL that Einstein didn't wear socks
nLjr TIL that babies are supposed to look like their fathers so that they don’t get rejected, nature’s paternity test