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TIL Researchers working with Kanzi (a bonobo who communicates using a keypad with symbols) claim his favorite movies are ones that blur the boundaries between humans and apes such as Planet of the Apes and Quest for Fire.

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VMv8Z TIL Cato the Elder's constant reiteration of "Carthage must be destroyed" was countered by Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum's constant reiteration of "Carthage should be preserved". Scipio's opinion prevailed at the time because many Romans believed that the threat of Carthage united them.
yVva8 TIL about Devil's Night, a name that is associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in Detroit, Michigan. During the height of the drug era, Detroit residents routinely set fire to houses that were known as popular drug-dealing locations. Five thousand of these buildings were razed in 1989.
PJAV TIL Thomas W. Murphy, a Mormon anthropologist, set about to prove that Native Americans descended from the “lost tribe of Israel” (as posited in the Book of Mormon), only to prove that their DNA descended from those of Siberian origin. His research nearly led to his excommunication from the church.
5LKk TIL the US flew nearly 40 billion dollars to Iraq in shrink-wrapped $100 bills, then distributed the cash with no accounting for where it ended up
4k4vo TIL Owner of NY limo company that killed 20 in 2018 got 5 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service