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TIL that Rhesus monkeys show sex typed preferences for human toys that resemble human behaviour

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awYM0 TIL that someone has placed a gnome garden at the bottom of Wast Water lake in England. It was removed by police after three divers died while searching for it, but it is rumored to have reappeared at a point deeper than police are allowed to dive.
wOyo TIL Gandhi never said, “First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you. And then, they attack you and want to burn you. And then, they build monuments to you.” It was a union leader. Nicholas Klein said it in a 1914 address to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in Baltimore.
MekKW TIL Elephants resist cancer because of a gene called P53 that can either order repair of a damaged cell, or order to kill it. Most of the time P53 chooses the latter. The LIF6 gene carries out the orders to eliminate the cancerous cells.
6Ejr8 TIL: Beverly Hills Chihuahua made $149,292,488 at the box office; making it one of the most successful English language movies with a majority Hispanic cast.
N00b TIL that Venezuela has a never ending lighting storm that has been going on since the year 1595.