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TIL Koko the Gorilla enjoys seeing female nipples, and often “asks” female caregivers to bare their breasts, which has led to multiple sexual harassment lawsuits.

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kJPb4 TIL that the first touch screen in a car was in a 1986 Buick Riviera. The display offered automatic climate control, AM/FM radio with optional graphic equalizer, trip calculations, gauges and even the vehicles diagnostic info. This included status on the powertrain, brake wear and electrical system.
vOrB TIL Diseases from dirty water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
L9VV TIL When China was selecting female astronauts for its space mission the women were required to be married, to have given birth naturally and to neither have decayed teeth nor scars.
4XYBo TIL Jewish Americans have made a tradition of eating Chinese food during the holiday season since the early 1900s
Z8bDQ TIL, Alice in Wonderland was once banned in China, "Bears, Lions and other beasts cannot use human language"said the governor of the Hunan province in 1931. "To attribute to them such a power is an insult to the human race"