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TIL Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort just like human babies suck their thumb

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mx6JR TIL about the Invention Secrecy Act enacted 1951 in the United States which would let the government not only steal your invention but legally prevent you from ever talking about it for the rest of your life.
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