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TIL some chimpanzees and bonobos are beginning to display very primitive precursors to religious behaviour

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5KJD TIL that a recent study shows dogs make ‘puppy eyes’ deliberately to bond with humans
mQkR TIL that Günther Quandt who is the founder of BMW, was a member of the Nazi party and supplied the Nazi regime with ammunitions. Hitler gave him the title of Wehrwirtschaftsführer or “Leader in the War Economy.“
6QRl TIL that not only did Eisenhower warn us about the the “military-industrial complex”, he also warned about the “domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment” and the “scientific-technological elite”
BXKD TIL that Britain only finished paying its WW2 debts off in 2006, and was only three months shy of bankruptcy when the war ended in 1945
rRGrw TIL that in the UK, The National Lottery hunts for winners of unclaimed Lottery prizes, but in the U.S. they let it expire after one year without putting in effort to search for the winner.