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TIL there are squirrel monkeys living in the wild in Florida

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D11Op “At any given moment, there are 1,800 thunderstorms happening somewhere on Earth. This amounts to 16 million storms each year! We know the cloud conditions that produce lightning, but we cannot forecast the location or time of a lightning strike.”
1a8DD TIL During WWII the United Kingdom removed all roadsigns in hopes that if the Nazis mounted a ground invasion they would get lost and have trouble navigating
ADe1o TIL Tobacco companies in India literally target kids by placing adverts at their eye level, not adults.
Z8o7Y TIL about professional breast massages in Japan. Masseuses use fingers in motions that simulate the baby’s suckling of the nipple, in order to improve milk production for new mothers.
N7XnJ TIL the "death cry" of the truck in Duel and the shark in Jaws was a sample of the scream of the Creature from the Black Lagoon