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TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was once moved to tears over the grief of a dog who he found sitting with its owner’s body

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mKjE TIL There is a George Constanza themed bar in Melbourne, Australia, with the menu including references from the famous TV show ‘Seinfeld’
78WDr TIL that Barabbas, the man the Bible claims was chosen to be spared from crucifixion over Jesus, is said in early writings to have also had the first name Jesus, with Barabbas meaning Son of (Bar) the father (Abba).
WkGrX TIL that various species of venomous viperid snakes (AKA rattlesnake) are native to different regions of the Americas, from Canada down to Argentina
d94B TIL that an elephant in India, while helping villagers lift logs, refused to lower a log into a certain hole because a dog was sleeping in it. Only after the dog was chased away would the elephant lower the log into the hole.
kad5 TIL: The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver believes that the cure for Cancer and HIV is Malaria and has been having unregulated studies conducted in Africa to prove the theory.