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TIL Humans are not descendents of apes but are apes. They are more closely related to chimps and bonobonos than the African elephant to the Indian elephant

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0KyN TIL of Forest Fenn, an 85 year old millionaire who buried 2 million dollars worth of treasure and wrote a book about it. The treasure ranges from gold nuggets the size of chicken eggs, to sculptures dating back to the Ming Dynasty. He’s said that hunters have come within 250 feet of the treasure.
m1mlO TIL that Johnny Cash was a spokesperson for a bank and as part of the promotion they renamed their ATMs as 'Johnny Cash Machines'
Rmaa TIL that the soundtrack of The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou was mostly David Bowie songs translated into Portuguese and performed by a Brazilian samba artist on an acoustic guitar
vb68 TIL that when faced with belligerence in bars, James Joyce would hide behind Ernest Hemingway, his drinking buddy, and shout, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”
VMneZ TIL That the word "mama" has the same meaning in almost all languages