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TIL the first monkeys in South America likely drifted from Africa on a floating island of vegetation

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Zpv7a TIL the Village People got its start when music producer Jacques Morali dreamt one night about backup singer Victor Willis going big as a frontman. After their first album became a hit, Morali then hastily hired dancers to back up Willis in clubs and videos.
wD41 TIL Noah Webster(the same Webster of Webster’s Dictionary) decided American’s should be independent, so he changed the spelling of many words from their English counterparts.
N7DE6 TiL: There's a mutant who has been on the X-men for several years, but nobody at all ever remembered due to his power of immediately forgetting he existed once he leaves your point of view.
Z8DaY TIL that Aki Ross, the computer-generated protagonist of the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, was intended to serve as the world's first CGI actress, using the same model and voice actress for different movies and characters. The movie lost $52 million, ending this plan.
gMbyW TIL That Israel made a reform requiring food companies to mark high sugar and fat percentages on the package with red stickers