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TIL Elephants are evolving to be tuskless after decades of poaching pressure

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Zpnlo TIL in 1983 George Carlin performed at a Cardinal Hayes High School fundraiser that was in honor of Msgr. Stanislaus P. Jablonski, the man who had originally expelled Carlin from the school. Despite fears by some in the alumni association, Carlin kept his act clean & Jablonski enjoyed the tribute.
loDjN TIL Bryan Cranston's father was an actor, but did not secure enough roles to provide for his family. He walked out on the family when Bryan was 11 years old, and they did not see each other again until a 22-year-old Bryan and his brother Kyle decided to track him down.
6EVl7 TIL that a man named Louis Cyr who died in 1912 still holds a number of unbroken weight lifting records, such as a 4,337 lb back lift and a 273 lb one-handed press.
0dNvM TIL: Deborah from the Pulp song "Disco 2000" was a real woman who worked as prominent nurse and tragically passed away at 52.
epbX6 TIL that the Caspian Sea is shrinking. By 2100, scientists predict the water level will be lower by 8-30m from the current "sea" level