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TIL that Chimpanzees can have "Down Syndrome" or trisomy 22

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8kK8 TIL a Canadian Non-Profit organization began teaching Vancouver-area alcoholics how to brew their own beer and make wine in an effort to keep them from drinking alternate sources of alcohol, like rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, and hand sanitizer
W7wKo TIL in 1995, a US chat show had guests meeting their secret admirer. But didn't tell them their admirer was the of the same gender. One guest was so upset to learn another man had a crush on him, he murdered him 3 day later.
ANRwo TIL: A declassified CIA project 'OXYGAS' had trained dolphins to place explosives on enemy ships
GArjQ TIL that television was not introduced in South Africa until 1976 because the apartheid government viewed English programming as a threat to the Afrikaans language.
woxj6 TIL: The whole world is connected with undersea fiber optic cables (man-made)