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TIL that wild Chimpanzees and Orangutans have been observed using spears to aid in hunting

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JYeKQ TIL that when Indonesia's Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815, it ejected up to 51 cubic miles of pulverized rock and ash into the atmosphere. The debris blocked so much sunlight that it caused global cooling, with New England getting heavy snow into June.
9YwkD TIL a "handsome" gorilla named Shabani is famous in Japan for his good looks
P1Avg TIL there was only one officially recorded homicide in New York City on September 11, 2001
VMMpQ TIL the federal government had a program called Operation Plowshare that tested the use of atomic bombs to frack for natural gas.
nEb TIL that Greenland is possibly made up of 3 islands concealed by the ice sheet