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TIL that Penguins, Chimpanzees and Capuchin monkeys practice prositution

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E1NAP TIL that the lyrics in Le Freak by CHIC originally contained the words “fuck off” rather then “freak out”. They got the idea after being denied entry to a club and the bouncer told them to “fuck off”. The lyrics were changed since they couldn’t say fuck on the radio.
QJP7L TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration
wL8nE TIL there are 31 different American cities with a larger population than the state of Wyoming.
M7PO7 TIL Since the World Chess Championship started in 1886, there has only ever been one instance of the title being won by a checkmate, back in 1929.
6DoJ TIL One of the test pilots for the interceptor version of the SR-71 was chosen for Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. He had a heart attack after his moon walk and the only reason anybody knew was because NASA noticed it on his heart monitor. It was left out of the mission debriefing records.