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TIL researchers from Yale introduced the concept of money to Chimpanzees and soon after, they began paying for sex.

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J1M6j TIL that Warwick Davis currently holds the record for the highest average gross revenue for any movie he has had a part in with an average of $623,573,404 over 24 films.
4XR1b TIL In 2012 Pizza Hut planned to release a limited edition perfume that that smelled like fresh dough. Thousands responded requesting the perfume for themselves but only 110 bottles were produced and shared with lucky Facebook fans who won a bottle. The packaging resembled mini pizza boxes.
dD79Q TIL of the first recorded purpose-built haunted house attraction--the Orton and Spooner Ghost House, which opened in 1915 in Liphook, England. Closely resembling a carnival fun house, it was powered by steam. It still exists in the Hollycombe Steam Collection.
P18kn TIL that once BBC traumatized a group of monkeys by sending in a dead baby monkey. RIP spy monkey
5YdQD TIL that when dinner forks were introduced to Europe in the late Middle Ages, they were considered to be a tool of the Devil and were thus banned by the Catholic Church