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TIL Chimpanzees and Bonobos are our closest relatives. Chimpanzees are closer to Humans than Gorillas

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J1jWk TIL after English King James II converted to Catholicism he was forced into exile in 1688 and his descendants were barred from royal succession. Today there is an art historian in Germany who would be King of England (instead of King Charles III) if James had stayed in the Church of England.
R7oVl TIL as recently as the 1920s, Southern California was home to massive grizzly bears sometimes exceeding 2000 lbs. They were equaled in size only by the Kodiak bears of Alaska.
NDBP TIL The world slut was orginially used to describe a woman who did not keep her room tidy
jN1LR TIL that Blu-Ray discs are called blue and can hold more storage because the laser is blue, which has a shorter wavelength than red and hence can read more accurately, allowing for more data to be stored.
e0Ajb TIL that MArriage between two people of different religions is illegal in Israel.