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TIL that scientists gave a bunch of coked up monkeys amphetamines to see if they would stop ‘choosing’ cocaine

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kJp75 TIL The average cost of obtaining a Driver's License in Germany is 3,000€ or $3,300. The total includes fees for: authorities and exams, learning materials, driving lessons and tuition
7rraL TIL that "ye olde shoppe" is a distortion of "Þe olde shoppe": English used to have a character for "th": Þ
woAvW TIL that Emperor Xuan of Han spent his early years being raised in a prison
k6pW TIL that there is a belief among creationist Christians that Charles Darwin on his deathbed recanted his studies on evolution to the evangelist “Lady Hope”. This of course, never happened and the two never actually ever met.
j6p8M TIL Tombstone, the 1993 movie about Wyatt Earp, had an actor in the cast named Wyatt Earp. He played Billy Claiborne