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TIL Galvani's nephew, Giovanni Aldini, electrically stimulated the limbs of a dead man in public

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m1DGY TIL that in terms of long distance running, there is no animal that can outrun a human… this may have helped humans tire their prey and made them easier to hunt
d8v0B TIL on 1816, after the French frigate ran aground the coast of Mauritania, 150 passengers and sailors went on a raft. They were found 15 days later, only 15 survived, the rest dying from drowning, hunger and violence from other survivors. Most had to eat human flesh to survive
78kEX TIL that Yamaha developed various engines for F1 teams between 1989 and 1997
0ELR TIL that “shrapnel” is named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of a type of anti-personnel cannonball
DQX0J TIL in Wisconsin, researchers found that the presence of wolves reduced vehicle collisions with deer by about a quarter, creating an economic benefit that was 63 times greater than the cost of wolves killing livestock.