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TIL that a chimpanzee has been observed wearing a piece of grass into her ear, with no apparent function. After other members of her group started imitating her, researchers realised to be in presence of the first fashion statement observed in other animals.

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Oonle TIL New Caledonian crows create their own hooks to pull out insects from hard to reach crevices. They are the only non-primate that manufacture their own tools.
6lMw TIL two con men sold a fake painting for €1.5 million, only to find out that all the money was counterfeit
lNwB TIL in 1999 a man with Intractable hiccups was cured after having sex with his wife
oBGRY TIL in 1972 legendary English songwriter Paul McCartney wrote the song, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." It was promptly banned from broadcast in the United Kingdom and not played by the majority of radio stations in the United States. However, it was the number one song in Ireland.
wLVvM TIL that the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe (always attacking outsiders too close to the Sentinel Island), started to use arrows with metal tips rather than stone tips. It is believed that they have scavenged a ship that ran aground the island on 1981 and extracted its metal.