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TIL that there have been at least six instances of chimpanzees stealing and eating human babies.

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GvKQ TIL: More members of Alcoholics Anonymous die from cigarette related illnesses than alcohol. Including one of the co-founders who continued smoking even after needing an oxygen tank to breathe.
nev0b TIL that when spelling numbers in English, the smallest number with a “ c “ is octillion.
4MJ TIL Furbies didn’t really “learn” English, they just started speaking more of it over a per-determined amount of time.
ndjW TIL there is an experimental town in India called Auroville. They have no paper or coin currency. Men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities, to realize human unity.
4kXgg TIL Australian toilets don’t flush clockwise because of the coriolis effect, but because of the way those toilets are designed