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TIL in 1959, a group attempting to find the path used by Hannibal’s army to cross the Alps and invade Roman Italy successfully traversed the Alps from France to Italy with an 11yr old former circus elephant named Jumbo.

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kODGd TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.
g6N7 TIL that Lee County, Alabama sheriff’s office told people who had fallen behind on child support that they had won tickets to the Alabama/Auburn football game. Then arrested them when they came to collect their free tickets.
xAlB TIL that you should never place a cut off part of your body on ice, instead wrap it in a damp cloth and place it in a sealed bag.
DQVeD Today I learned that Ludwig IV (*1286-† 1347) was crowned Emperor by the Roman people in 1328 at St. Peter’s Basilica, bypassing the Pope’s authority after being excommunicated, to assert his independence and secure his legitimacy.
m1XEP TIL the exercise paradox: hunter-gatherers who trek miles daily (or climb up trees) burn the same calories as much-less-active office workers and machine operators