Post * Lkg7v — Curious Curator

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TIL Prof John Lorber discovered a maths genius who had almost no brain due to a condition known as hydrocephalus. He went on to discover many other people with 90% of their brains missing that had normal to high IQs

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D1JaJ TIL of the Caretaker, an artist who made eerie, disorienting music that emulates dementia and memory loss. His work, "Everywhere at the End of Time" shows the progression of a "slow death of a soul" through 6 stages.

1aAEr TIL An elephant's memory is so good that it not only recognizes all the members of its own clan, but even other creatures who leave a strong impression on them. A pair of elephants who had performed in a circus together were able to recognize each other when they met again after 20 years.

yQeEl TIL dogs that served with the US Army in Afghanistan from 2010 - 2014 were poorly treated upon discharge, some were left in kennels for many months and not cared for, while others remain unaccounted. Several soldiers later searched for and rescued their ex-partners.

DW1Y TIL a homeless cat sneaked into a lynx’s enclosure in a Leningrad zoo, then the two became best friends

yQkpa TIL J.K Rowling was rejected by 12 publishers before Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone was accepted by Bloomsbury - and even then only at the insistence of the chairman's eight-year-old daughter.