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TIL when an elephant dies, its herd gathers together to bury it with leaves and branches and then mourn over the grave for a couple days

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wM9J TIL many Americans who need mental health services never get it because doing so could disqualify them from receiving life insurance
dDMGr TIL Netzero still provides dial-up services.
oBVr8 TIL During the Blitz in World War II, some British farmers painted their cows with white stripes in case they wondered onto roads in the dark during blackouts.
6gKW TIL that in 1966 Paul McCartney penned a song under the name Bernard Webb to see if he could produce a hit without his name. It was recorded by Peter and Gordon and reached #14 on the charts.
d8WaB TIL: 60,000 deaths can be attributed to CIA Operation Condor. Victims included dissidents and leftists, union and peasant leaders, priests and nuns, students and teachers, intellectuals and suspected guerillas [...] in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.