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TIL that individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may lose the ability to smell peanut butter. The “Peanut Butter Test” may offer an early indication of the disease.

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1aGMP TIL that the US Postal Service banned the mailing of people in 1914 after a four-year-old was sent by her parents across the state of Idaho for 53¢.
aBZA TIL that African Elephants can instinctively understand human gestures
VMeVp TIL the silent P in the word "ptarmigan" has absolutely no reason to be there. The bird's name comes from the Gaelic "tàrmachan" ("croaker"), but in 1684 the Scottish naturalist Robert Sibbald decided to add a p in front to make the word look more Greek.
9YZMX TIL Davy Crockett was more than just a folk hero, soldier and frontiersman. He was a soldier and a politician who who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1827, for Tennessee, and was vehemently opposed to Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.
5V0wR TIL Cow tipping, the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment, is generally considered an urban legend. Estimates suggest that at least four people would be required to achieve this.