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TIL that Ethiopia was one of the world's strongest empires during the 3rd century CE, being labeled as one of the 4 Great Powers of the time alongside Persia, Rome, and China. Ethiopia was also one of the first countries to convert to Christianity

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M80b 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.
epegL TIL Seacrest Wolf Preserve in Washington County, Florida gives visitors the opportunity to pet and play with wolves
7rG9X TIL Steven Spielberg wanted to make the (1999) Medal of Honor game to teach kids about World War II. who couldn't see Saving Private Ryan because of its R rating.
Bgd6r TIL that Dr. Seuss created the word NERD in "If I Ran the Zoo), which is no longer being published.
npJb TIL a dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his taint/gooch/groad/perineum. It was the size of an egg and weight a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.