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TIL Phil Collins has a lifelong interest in the Battle of the Alamo, and owns one of the largest private collections of Alamo artifacts.

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EBXp TIL Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans. There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
X05v8 TIL In 2022, 68 year-old Maya Murmu was collecting water in India when an elephant stamped on her. She was rushed to the hospital, but died from her injuries. When family members gathered for her funeral, a herd of elephants appeared, and one of them lifted Murmu’s body and threw it in the air.
VMMx8 TIL that Ancient Romans didn't measure time in 60-minute hours. An hour was about 45 minutes in winter and 75 minutes in summer.
R5xj1 TIL that the current world record holder for men's marathon died at age 24.
QNGX TIL that gunpowder was initially invented searching for an elixir of immortality