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TIL:Monkeys with smaller testicles tend to scream louder in order to compensate

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Men47 TIL that Duelling was a sport at the 1906 Olympics and 1908 Olympics.
Q9j6 TIL when Casey Anthony’s computer was investigated by “computer experts”, they found 17 vague searches on Internet Explorer suggesting she killed someone, which wasn’t enough to be found guilty. Later they discovered Casey used Firefox, overlooking 1,200 searches including “fool-proof suffocation”
DQBJj TIL that the legs of the 630 foot 192 m) Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO had to be built with a 1/64” (0.4 mm) tolerance so that they would meet at the top. Several filmmakers documented the entire construction in hope that the legs wouldn’t meet.
kJrlW TIL the Fast and Furious movie series is called Wild Speed in Japan. Some of the titles also include spoilers for major plot points as well.
VM8dB TIL the melody for the “alphabet song” was written by Mozart