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

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YpJvG TIL that Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence explicitly condemned slavery. The Continental Congress insisted on removing these passages before the document was published.
V89p TIL: When Paris was liberated in 1944, British and American commanders wanted only white soldiers be involved in the leading French unit, despite the french army being only 40% white - all black soldiers were taken out of an available unit and replaced by white ones from other units.
DQJXg TIL that most people have no idea what their own voice really sounds like because the skull vibrates and makes it sound deeper in your head.
X0oV6 TIL about Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team. During an exhibition game against the New York Yankees in 1931, Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
LErV TIL That telling “scary ghost stories” is an old Christmas Eve tradition that has died out in the past century