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

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m1OYP TIL that by the time Joe Fraizer defeated Muhammad Ali in 1971, Fraizer was legally blind in one eye. He used his quick reflexes to fool eye tests, allowing him to continue to box.
ep6Ak TIL that after acting as his own attorney and being found guilty, a North Carolina man appealed his conviction on the basis that he did not receive "effective assistance of counsel" (i.e. himself). His appeal was denied.
R5MYl TIL the song “Ireland’s Call” was commissioned in 1995 to be used as the anthem for Ireland’s national rugby team since the team consists of Republican and Northern Irish players who are technically from two different countries.
xVak5 TIL that despite looking nothing alike and having different accents, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan are biological brothers and also have an older brother in prison for murder.
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