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TIL of a chimp named Nim Chimpsy that used sign language to express that he wanted to smoke marijuana

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4bKb TIL that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 2014 decision that police officers may conduct traffic stops even if they have not personally observed a traffic violation.
M7GDa TIL Annette Obrestad claims to have won a $4 180 person poker multi table tournament playing blind (only looking at her cards once) She went on to become the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker bracelet and held the record for the largest payout to a female player
X5QX TIL penguins were once introduced in Norway. One of them was promptly shot by a Norwegian matron who claimed it was a freak of nature that had invaded her yard.
b179 TIL in 1893 the first graduating class of New Mexico State University had only one student - and he was murdered before graduation.
69d7Q TIL about the Hymenocera picta or harlequin shrimp, which feeds exclusively on starfish, including the venomous barbed crown-of-thorns starfish. These shrimp are able to flip a starfish onto its back to avoid its defenses and feed on its soft tissues.