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TIL that when chimpanzees were given opportunity to watch TV, their favorite was the Playboy Channel

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rNlB0 TIL about Hornussen, a Swiss golf-baseball game in which the player hits a high speed rubber projectile at a group of placard-carrying opponents.
x6VAb TIL that aside from preventing hair from falling into food, a chef’s hat also indicates their rank among the kitchen staff. Traditionally the taller the hat, the higher the rank.
0llN TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman had been sober for 23 years until he accepted an alcoholic beverage to celebrate the completion of The Master. This resulted in relapse, after which he started to use prescription medication. the following year he was using heroin.
YmXP TIL Thomas Edison designed and built a helicopter powered by gun powder. It blew up, and took the factory with it.
Po6w TIL if the Milky Way were the size of the United States, our solar system would be the size of a quarter