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TIL that evolutionarily speaking, humans are not just related to monkeys, we are monkeys

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EgmVx TIL Albatrosses can glide for thousands of kilometers without flapping wings, using a technique called dynamic soaring. By repeatedly rising into the wind and descending downwind, they gain energy from the vertical wind gradient, allowing them to cover nearly 1,000 km per day with minimal effort
R5Kpl TIL that Malaysian Malays must be a Muslim according to it’s government’s constitution
N7DjE TIL ants nurse their wounded comrades after a raid. And if they deem themselves too deeply wounded they'll refuse treatment so they can tend to other ants with higher chances of survival.
lopB1 TIL The moon's tidal forces are slowing down Earth's rotation over time. 500 million years ago, days on Earth were 21-22 hours long
vnaB TIL Michelangelo Burned His Drawings so that People wouldn’t know he had to work to achieve perfection