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TIL that Elephants use their teeth in sequence and when the last molar wears out, the elephant dies of starvation.

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D17ag TIL When queen Anne of France died in 1514 her heart was cut out and placed in a golden heart casket where it sat for the last 500 years until it was stolen from the display case at the Thomas-Dobrée Archaeology Museum on April,14th of 2018.
A4R4 TIL that of the of the 139 members elected to the 1934 USSR Central Committee of the Communist Party at the 17th Congress, Stalin had 98 executed. Of 1,996 party members present, 1,108 were arrested, and about two thirds of those executed. Thus it was given the name “The Congress of the Condemned”.
egL6 TIL Tesla wouldn’t speak to women who wore pearl jewelry.
D1VDV TIL about Harald Hardrada. Exiled for 15 years after losing to Cnut The Great, he was a mercenary for the Kievan Rus', joined the Varangian Guard, became King of Norway and died at Stamford Bridge, ending the Viking Age.
b1oQ TIL in 2015, FBI hair examiners knowingly gave erroneous testimony; they overstated results to benefit the prosecution in 95% of cases over previous 20 years.