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TIL of Mike, the lowest ranking member of a chimp group that became the alpha male of the community overnight. He stole empty kerosene can from the researchers camp, and banged them to scare the other chimps

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1Mnr TIL In 2006, a man in Scotland was jailed for two days for “revving his car in a racist manner”.
0wBbA TIL the Irish Myth of "Stingy Jack” about a man who tricked the devil and therefore kept out of hell but is not welcome in heaven. He wanders the earth with a Lantern and Halloween is his time of year.
Y7jeG TIL - Rats prefer the sound of silence to Beethoven and Miles Davis – except when they are on drugs. Then, they prefer the jazz.
16VaO TIL that “OK” is said to be the most widely spoken word in the world, having been adopted as a loanword in Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and others. However, the etymology of the word is uncertain.
m1X6v TIL a pregnant belly can explode.