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TIL : Forest fires are in some way benefitial for the forest.

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6wX7 TIL of Ponso, a roughly 40-year-old chimp, who was dumped on an abandoned island off the Ivory Coast more than 30 years ago after being used for medical testing. He relies on the kindness of a nearby villager, Germain, who’s dropped off bananas and bread for him ever since he was left to die
4XLxa TIL that a moment was a medieval unit of time that corresponds exactly to 90 seconds
8QgX TIL In 1968 a student at Oregon University turned up to every class in a black bag and sat at the back of the room in silence. At first the student was treated with hostility, then curiosity before finally friendship. This is known as the mere-exposure effect.
xVZwg TIL most wheat bread is just white bread with brown dye.
dpgr TIL that young children, especially twins, will often develop their own language that they can understand but is unintelligible to any adult observers