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TIL That in 2020 a woman's urinary tract infection gave her the ability to brew alcohol in her bladder

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7rEbx TIL In Spotted Hyena clans, it's females who lead the pack.
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grL1W TIL that researchers have studied gambling behavior in monkeys to understand human risk-taking. Capuchin monkeys were given tokens to "bet" on a gamble with varying odds of winning. The monkeys showed similar behaviors to humans, suggesting an an evolutionary basis for gambling tendencies.
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