Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoTIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She died in 1989en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down14cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She died in 1989en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarejupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days agoI think in the city where everything happened she is still kinda famous and even some diary-brand is named like her. Also heard she has a statue somewhere in Wuppertal.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 days agoIt’s in Wuppertal Barmen near the city hall of that district. https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uDiCJTWxYUEWmmz7 There’s also a gifted sculpture inside of the Wupper. https://maps.app.goo.gl/9rv8gSN3tNjRkocE7 And a German article about the whole event, including old photographs (the one depicting the fall is a montage I believe): https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/wuppertal-zirkus-elefant-tuffi-in-der-schwebebahn-a-1103841.html
I think in the city where everything happened she is still kinda famous and even some diary-brand is named like her. Also heard she has a statue somewhere in Wuppertal.
It’s in Wuppertal Barmen near the city hall of that district. https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uDiCJTWxYUEWmmz7
There’s also a gifted sculpture inside of the Wupper. https://maps.app.goo.gl/9rv8gSN3tNjRkocE7
And a German article about the whole event, including old photographs (the one depicting the fall is a montage I believe): https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/wuppertal-zirkus-elefant-tuffi-in-der-schwebebahn-a-1103841.html