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And fun fact about white elephants:

Back when Thailand was still Siam the sacred white elephant dominated the country's flag and religious life as well. They were worshipped like living gods they lived in palaces and enjoyed lives of pampered luxury and baby white elephants were even suckled by human wet nurses. When a new temple was to be build a white elephant was set loose to find the sacred site. In reality they are more of a chocolate color than white. They inspired carvings in gold and life-sized stone effigies that became the very foundations of a temple.