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TIL Herpes-Ridden Rhesus Monkeys Are Running Amok in Silver Springs Florida.

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VXBp TIL “Flo” from Progressive Insurance earns $500,000 per year for those TV commercials.
0dg0M TIL that Admiral Nelson's Spanish opponent at the Battle of Trafalgar, Federico Gravina said "I am a dying man, but I die happy; I am going, I hope and trust, to join Nelson, the greatest hero that the world perhaps has produced." while dying from wounds sustained during the battle
nRb7 TIL that somewhere in the sea there are about seventy five battles per minute between colossal squid and sperm whales
OoJ8X TIL trilobite eyes were unlike those of any other known animal. Their compound eyes had lenses made of calcite crystals rather than protein.
MeZNK TIL a study of 1,892 Finish car owners found that though some luxury car owners were conscientious, men deemed "assholes" (less cooperative/less kind/less considerate) were more likely to drive high-status cars such as BMW. No connection between self-centered women & luxury car ownership was found.