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TIL Chimps are given human birth control pills in zoos. Human birth control also works on gorillas.

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6E5DX TIL recent evidence indicates that not only is our brain “aware” of our gut microbes, but these bacteria can influence our perception of the world and alter our behavior.
8WNL TIL that China has banned live streams of people eating bananas in a “seductive” fashion.
M7460 TIL in the late 60’s when checking into hotels, Paul and Linda McCartney would use the aliases Mr and Mrs. Ramone to avoid Beatlemania and the press. When Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) read about this, he called his band “The Ramones”, and it became one of the most legendary punk bands of all time
5YxyB TIL that Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon that causes people to see patterns in a random stimulus. This often leads to people assigning human characteristics to objects.
ODXY TIL each American citizen pays on average $2,150 per year towards the national defense budget, the highest of any country