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TIL there was a chimpanzee who drank gin and tonics and masturbated to porn

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VMpEZ TIL peeling Scotch Tape in a vacuum releases enough X-rays to produce an image of finger bones on X-ray film
6E6n7 TIL When Disney released “Fantasia 2000” it was the first feature length animated film to be shown in IMAX. IMAX had to agree to Disney’s screening terms, and since the California Science Center in LA did not, Disney built their own IMAX theater for the film’s 4mo run. Then demolished it afterward.
x6rRw TIL 1890s experts predicted cities would drown in manure - by 1912, cars solved the problem.
1aZ58 TIL Stanford researchers in Costa Rica found adding a single tree to pasture land could boost biodiversity. For example, the number of bird species after one tree was planted went from near zero to 80.
d8MnB TIL of Heart Attack Grill, a Las Vegas restaurant where people over 350 lbs. eat free. 3 people have died while eating there, and the only vegan option on their menu is cigarettes.