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TIL that El Cid, a military leader in the middle ages, was so feared that, after his death, his embalmed body was placed on a horse and sent into battle causing the enemy to flee.

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lo8M5 TIL the bearded vulture feeds almost exclusively on bone. Bones that are too large to eat have to be dropped from the sky and shattered against rock. The process can take years to master and practiced individuals will often use one favored dropping site known as an ossuary.
P1eL TIL there was a man who was blind at 10 months old, but underwent a surgery to give him vision at age 52. However, being able to see terrified and confused him so much that he committed suicide 2 years after the surgery.
DVEg TIL A nurse was in vegetative state for 42 years after sexual assault while the perpetrator was out of prison in 14 years. She recently died.
grrY7 TIL that the Latin word for sheath/scabbard is “vagina.” So whoever came up with the English word for “vagina” was making a dick joke about sheathing a sword.
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