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TIL that due to poaching, female African elephants are evolving tuskless; about 1/3 of females in a Mozambique Nat'l Park were born tuskless with males evolving smaller tusks. They use tusks to compete for mating, dig for water and topple trees for food which in turn creates habitats and water holes

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d7DB TIL that the word “fascinate” comes from the Latin word “fascinus”, meaning “divine penis”.
X0XE8 TIL Most Canadian mortgages on homes are 5 years. Their amortization is 30 years. Mortgages themselves are 5 years and then you need to refinance. If rates have gone higher you are financing into higher monthly payments. Yikes!
8axVL TIL in the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character frequently used the phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke. When the show was adapted for American audiences the phrase was translated to "that's what she says" for Steve Carell's Michael Scott
KOL64 TIL That Ron Gilbert, the original writer and director of "The Secret of Monkey Island" worked as a story consultant for TellTale Game's "Tales of Monkey Island" but was credited as "The Visiting Professor of Monkeyology"
1NA8 TIL Marcia, George Lucas’s ex-wife, got an Oscar for her editing and was behind some of the better ideas of Star Wars. She got very little credit after the divorce.