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TIL Jane Goodall to this day is the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society

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omPY TIL ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
6eVJ TIL in the short scene in Fight Club when Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are drunk and hitting golf balls, they really are drunk, and the golf balls are sailing directly into the side of the catering truck.
wd9E TIL porcupines have natural antibiotics in their skin, and are the only mammals native to North America to have such protection.
QJm46 TIL that poop should sink, not float. A floating poop is a sign of poor absorption of nutrients or excessive gas.
v1ZN8 TIL that the phrase "A-OK" originated from NASA engineers who used it during radio transmission tests because "the sharper sound of A cut through the static better than O"