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TIL that in the Victorian era they had special tea cups that protected your mustache from getting dunked in your tea.

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ZpRaD TIL that during his Alps crossing, Hannibal faced a nearly impassable path so steep even soldiers struggled. Undeterred, he had his men build a road through rubble, allowing his army and war elephants to pass, though the elephants were near death from hunger after three days of backbreaking labor.
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