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TIL a group of monkeys in Thailand has been living in the Stone Age for 50 years

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b94X7 TIL that a racing horse in the late 1700s named Potoooooooo got his name after the owner instructed the stable boy to write the horses name (Potato) on a feed bin. The stable boy misspelled the name as "Potoooooooo" (Pot plus 8 Os) and the owner loved it so much that he kept the name.
mZo TIL there is a dog suicide bridge in Scotland
oBJd8 TIL It took Chinese authorities 7 minutes to locate and apprehend a BBC reporter using a network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology
PYxJn TIL of Vera Lynn, a British pop singer who entertained troops during World War II. In 2017, she released a new album to celebrate her 100th birthday, making her the oldest recording artist in the world and the first centenarian to have an album in the charts.
epxlk TIL the Bibles found in hotel rooms are usually meant to be taken. Donated by the Gideons International, the "Gideon Bible" is free to take as it's their intended way to spread the Good Word.