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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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e0r8D TIL in 2012, Wukan ousted the local CPC government over a land dispute and hosted their own election
A1Od TIL that Tuvalu could finally afford the $100,000 it cost to join the United Nations after it received its first quarterly $1 million payment for leasing out the valuable .tv internet domain.
a159 TIL Harley Davidson motorcycles have a failure rate over twice that of the top three motorcycle manufacturers in the world
Rre8 TIL the original score for Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was written by Alex North, but Kubrick didn’t like it and switched at the last minute. No one told North, who showed up at the film’s premiere only to be devastated when none of his music was used.
8m6P TIL On ‘Three’s Company’ John Ritter’s scrotum is briefly visible through his boxer shorts. John Ritter told the NY Observer “I’ve requested that Nickelodeon air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t”