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TIL that Teddy Roosevelt summited the Matterhorn in 1881, while on his honeymoon in Switzerland. He wrote his sister, "It was like going up and down enormous stairs on your hands and knees for nine hours."

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5YmRk TIL of Bobbie the Wonder Dog, who walked a distance of at least 2,551 miles (4,105 km) through plains, desert, and mountains in the winter to return home to his family, swimming in rivers and even crossing the Continental Divide in the coldest part of winter.
pY9xZ TIL that American WW2 general George S. Patton competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games
VXVm TIL: In the the movie “Coming to America” (1988), the two hobos Eddie Murphy hands money to are the greedy traders (Mortimer and Randolph) that go broke in his previous movie “Trading Places”(1983)
ZpxO4 TIL the cover of the Clash's 1979 album London Calling which has the album title in pink letters down the left side and green text across the bottom is an homage to Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album which featured a similar design.
wMx1 TIL 60% of Americans consume less than 1 alcoholic drinks a day on average, while the top 10% of American alcohol consumers ingest about 10 drinks per day, or nearly 74 drinks per week.