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TIL in 1931, an experiment was conducted in which a human baby and baby chimpanzee were paired to see if the chimp would conform and grow like a human. The experiment was stopped when it was discovered that the baby was instead learning from the chimpanzee.

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Z8JOa TIL that Lucy Maud Montgomery stored her now-famous book Anne of Green Gables in a hat box after it was rejected by every publisher she sent it to. Years later she tried again, and the book has now sold 50 million copies.
9YB8D TIL that Queen Elizabeth is no longer Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, because she gave the title to her husband as a 90th birthday present
4XnkJ TIL paparazzi once misidentified Debbie Harry (lead singer of Blondie) for film star Lindsay Lohan. When it happened in 2012, Lohan was 25 years old and Harry was 66.
0NYR TIL that in 2007 Sao Paulo outlawed billboards and every other form of outdoor advertising like on buses and cabs as well as the distribution of fliers.
awWRM TIL that E. G. Daily who voiced Tommy Pickles in Rugrats & Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls, is also a singer. In 1986, she released her debut single "Say It, Say It". The single went to number one on the U.S. Dance Club Play chart for one week