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TIL that squirrel monkeys have been found to persistently self-administer Δ⁹-THC, also known as Marijuana, at doses comparable to humans in multiple studies

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OKd1 TIL in Dante’s Inferno, bankers were placed in a lower rung of hell than murderers because Dante condemned excessive (>10%) of Interest on Loans.
4kra6 TIL: Teddy Roosevelt was VP due to his support of anti-trust reform, and conservatives knew the VP had little power. Six months into the term, President McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt became President, ushering in an unprecedented era of anti-trust and labor reforms.
GaeJ TIL: South Africa has no legally defined capital city. Power is shared between Cape Town (Parliament), Bloemfontein (Administrative), Pretoria (President & Cabinet) and Johannesburg (Constitutional Court).
XENrj TIL that metric paper sizes (like A4) reflect the number of equal cuts from an A0 sheet (1 square meter). So A1 is 0.5 sq meter, A2 is 0.25, etc. with all sizes of equal proportions. The closest to US letter paper is A4, which measures 210 x 297mm (8.3 x 11.7 inch, close to US letter 8.5 x 11 inch).
KYNrE TIL it’s routine practice in the US and many other countries for turkeys to have their beaks trimmed without anesthesia, which can cause something similar to “phantom limb pain” that humans experience after amputations.