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TIL Rhesus Monkeys had their own Milgrim Experiment equivalent, and performed FAR better than humans in altruistic behavior. The majority of monkeys DID NOT shock the other monkeys, some choosing to starve for almost 2 weeks rather than to harm others.

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yQLda TIL the kid starring in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" went on to become Uncle Fester in the Addams Family TV series (bonus he married Betty Grable too)
kJj51 TIL that phones did not always have LCD screens. Before the rise of iOS and Android, "house phones" (as they were known back then) had no displays, and required the user to press square plastic mechanical buttons in order to input the number that you wanted to call.
GYRRJ TIL that it is virtually impossible to die from quicksand in the way movies portray this.
OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
V1vm TIL that a wife who murdered her husband for playing poorly in a bridge game was found not guilty, traveled the world, became a millionaire, and ended up leaving the majority of her estate to her murdered husband’s relatives over 60 years later.