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TIL PETA filed a lawsuit claiming that a crested black macaque monkey owns the copyright to a selfie he took of himself with a photographer’s unattended camera.

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5YVNB TIl that in Welsh folk legend, corgis were a gift from the woodland fairies, and that the breed's markings were left on its coat by fairy harnesses and saddles.
p6Pb TIL when an underwater bubble is popped with a soundwave, it produces light. After 70 years of trying, scientists still can’t explain it
4kMRN TIL Prince Charles was 1st in line for the British Throne from the age of three. He held that title for 70 years becoming the longest-serving British heir apparent, having surpassed Edward VII's record of 59 years on 20 April 2011.
arZM TIL that during the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongols celebrated a victory over the Russians by laying survivors on the ground, dropping a heavy wooden gate on them, and then having a victory banquet on top of it while the victims suffocated and were crushed to death
6mJQ TIL that the wood louse (roly poly, pillbug, potato bug) is not an insect, but a crustacean. We don’t eat them like lobster or crab because they taste like urine.