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TIL macaques possess the right vocal anatomy to perform human speech, only lacking the intelligence in order to do so.

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Z8ynD TIL that a man working at Kmart in the 80s and 90s saved a collection of cassette tapes that were sent from Kmart's corporate office to be played over the in-store speaker system while people shopped. He later digitized the tapes and uploaded them online where they can be heard today.
yKn8 TIL that 19 “states have imposed some kind of fence against community broadband. Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas have established a full ban.”
yQZRa TIL that the population of Ireland is still about 2 million less than what it was before the Potato Famine.
69VQZ TIL In 1939, Poland had over 3 million Jewish citizens. Today, it's between 25k and 100k.
Gmy1 TIL of a man named Chen Si who since 2004 has devoted his free time to patrolling the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, the most popular suicide site in the world, and has saved more than 300 people from jumping