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TIL some monkeys, like the Japanese Macaque, have the necessary vocal anatomy to produce humanlike speech, only inhibited by the fact that their brain lacks the capability to control the muscles responsible for speech.

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PYo0n TIL that The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three Great Pyramids on the Giza Plateau, was attempted to be Destroyed by the Son of Saladin, after 8 months they were Only able to create a Gash in the Pyramid.
K1A6 TIL that the First Gulf War (in 1991) technically never ended — there was just a cease-fire. The UK used this legal loophole to justify entering the Second Gulf War (in 2003).
lJYA TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.
ZEvQ TIL that some Russian bears are addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of empty fuel barrels. They like getting high so much, they stalk helicopters for the drops of fuel that leaks onto the soil.
BrDKe TIL The First Black Superstar, Josephine Baker, was a singer, actress, spy, civil rights hero and mother to a rainbow tribe of 12 children