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TIL in the 1920’s, Joseph Stalin sent a breeding expert to Africa to mate humans and chimpanzees in an attempt to create a monkey-man army.

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yQG6J TIL a Brazilian electronics company is legally allowed to call their phone 'iPhone' because they trademarked the word in 2000, 7 years prior to Apple's iPhone. The phone runs on Android.
9wAxQ TIL in 1903, a US Senator from Alabama proposed a plan that will "encourage" African-Americans to settle in the Philippines. Which was recently acquired from Spain.
D4Mv TIL when the National Weather Service states that there is a 30 percent chance of rain, they are not stating that there is a 30 percent chance that it will rain. They are stating that 30 percent of the forecast area will be affected by measurable precipitation.
aboZ TIL that 30 years ago, you had about about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today it’s down to 3-4 minutes.
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