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TIL Some animals, such as penguins and chimpanzees, will prostitute themselves for things like pebbles or meat, respectively

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Wk6Jd TIL that the “pink hat man” is a 72 year old man who who owns Cub’s tickets and sits behind home plate but wears a pink hat so his wife knows that he is at the game and not cheating.
OoRyL TIL American literary icon Jack Kerouac grew up speaking French, until he was six. He also played football at Columbia.
OGB8L TIL the oldest plane still flying is a 1909 Bleriot Monoplane, made from wood tied together by fabric. The pilot sits in a wicker chair
WkkK9 One intrepid Popular Science editor eschews antiperspirant for a week to see if Deo candy really works.
E1P5w TIL Biologists are fighting malaria using genetically modified mosquitos which are immune and thus incapable of transmitting it. In other words, the easiest way to cure malaria in humans is to cure mosquitos instead.