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TIL Kanzi a bonobo chimp who learned to make and use fire, going as far as teaching his offspring how to start a fire. An important step in evolution

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8amVK TIL - 'Jeopardy' players aren't allowed to make wagers referencing sex, Nazis, or Satan
Oo0m1 TIL the first Rain Checks were given to baseball fans in the 1870s as they left games that had been stopped due to rain. They were slips that allowed the fans to come back and see another game for free.
rREoo TIL of Albert Göring, brother of Hermann Göring. Unlike his brother, Albert was opposed to Nazism and helped many Jews and other persecuted minorities throughout the war. He was shunned in postwar Germany due to his name, and died without any public recognition for his humanitarian efforts.
ADP67 TIL A man rigged his house up with Indiana Jones style booby traps, including a hot tub which would roll at you if you tripped a wire, a fortified front door, and animal traps. An FBI agent was shot by a wheelchair, fitted with a fishing line and shotgun cartridges.
OK66 TIL: Mt. Everest came out to exactly 29,000 feet, but they made it 29,002 because they thought people wouldn’t believe the actual number was real and would assume it was rounded.