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TIL that Sweden experimented with a Moose cavalry in the 1700s

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Lk88P TIL that a woman was jailed for killing her two infants soon after their birth as chances of natural death happening was 1 in 73Mil. She was released after 3 years after finding out that math was faulty and it hadn't considered genetic or environmental factors. She died soon of mental trauma.
XDNX TIL That Lockheed Martin test pilots carry the wallets and car keys of the chief aircraft engineers as a sign of good faith.
0wKVN TIL one of the earliest depictions of a person wearing sunglasses is of a scientist in 1772. Yellow/amber-tinted spectacles were also a commonly prescribed item for people with syphilis in the 19th & early 20th centuries because sensitivity to light was one of the symptoms of the disease.
PYNJE TIL about Project Mohole, a failed attempt in the 1960s to drill all the way through the Earth’s crust to reach the mantle
16WJX TIL people older than 75 years who have cognitive abilities as good as someone in their 20s and 30s are called superagers. A lot of their superaging comes from life-long exercise, connection with nature, and life-long mental activities. Robert De Niro, Rusin Bond, and Dadi Bhagwani have superaged.