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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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kJdp5 TIL the reason why some potato chips are brown in color and seem 'burned' can be attributed to 'Zebra Chip'. Zebra Chip is a disease that alters the sugar levels in the potato. The sugar caramelizes and turns the chip brown when it is fried, giving it an off taste and burnt appearance
BrG0r TIL chimpanzees actually do understand rhythm and have been seen clapping and stomping specifically to the beat of a song
Z8nYG TIL that after the end of WWII in the Pacific, the Allies used surrendered Japanese soldiers in combat roles against local resistance fighters in recaptured colonial possessions, such as Indonesia
v1DN4 TIL that when Nintendo was localizing Pokémon, Nintendo was planning on giving Pikachu breasts
0jYN TIL that during the a battle in 1797, British Admiral Horatio Nelson was badly wounded in the right arm. When he came to the surgeon he said, “the sooner it is off the better,” within a half hour of the amputation he returned to command of his forces.