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TIL “Vicks VapoRub doesn’t relieve nasal congestion. But the strong menthol odor of VapoRub tricks your brain. As a result, you feel like you’re breathing through an unclogged nose.”

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e0rPJ TIL Macaco Tião, a chimpanzee, had the habit of throwing excrement at visitors (including several politicians) to the Rio de Janeiro Zoo. A satirical newspaper ran his candidature for Rio de Janeiro mayor in 1988, and he got 9.5% of the votes.
0vN5 TIL that, when John Kricfaluci was asked if his cartoons Ren and Stimpy were gay, he replied “I don’t know if they’re gay or not, that’s their own business.”
PY9aO TIL at the end of the 17th century in an attempt to modernize society, Russian Emperor Peter the Great taxed any men who didn't shave their beard. Those that paid the tax carried around a copper or bronze token as proof they had paid.
ONER TIL that there is a field of study that focuses on ‘primate archeology’. This field believes that certain primates have entered their own stone age.
ykkp TIL Netflix uses disguised warehouses and unmarked trucks for security purposes