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TIL anthropomorphism is defined as the tendency to attribute human forms, behaviors, and emotions to non-human animals or objects.

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Mk58 TIL that when Arthur Guinness started his brewery in Dublin, he signed a 9000 year lease for the factory with annual payments of £45.
x67rD TIL there is some chimpanzee populations that inhabit the savanna and act differently then the forest populations for example using caves, filtering drinking water, walking more on two legs than forest chimpz do and more. There is an Arte documentary on YouTube with them filtering water.
AD9jw TIL Patrick Stewart has been using Cannabis-based products daily since 2015 to treat arthritis in both of his hands. He said that the ointment and spray have reduced the stiffness and pain in his hands, allowing him to make fists. He hasn’t had any Cannabis related negative side effects so far.
nW5Nd TIL hookers were named after General Hooker during the Civil War.
kbW TIL there is a staffed underwater post office where people have been mailing postcards for years.