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TIL Phil Oakey of The Human League rescued a stranded monkey in a tripod on the streets of Northern England

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yGL8 TIL The Mondragon Corporation is run democratically; its workers collectively choose, hire and fire their directors as well as decide the wage ratios between the top-paid and lowest-paid workers. It has been hailed as “a working model of an alternative to the capitalist mode of production.”
Z8m6o TIL how people are really getting lung injuries from vaping. Tocopherols in MJ pods (Vitamin E) are similar to the substance of cooking grease. Once liquefied and inhaled, they return back into “solids” inside the body, causing irritation.
JkPV TIL there is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Bombay, India, hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.
b6gO0 TIl that in 1994 during an attempted diplomatic visit to Ireland Boris Yeltsin caused a diplomatic incident when his plane landed at Shannon airport and he failed to step off the plane onto Irish soil because he was too drunk to walk
VLwZ TIL Russian cosmonauts urinate on the right rear wheel of the transfer bus before liftoff. Female cosmonauts are excused, but some dash a cup of their own urine in solidarity.