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TIL that some chimpanzees have been observed sharpening sticks with their teeth and using them as spears to hunt small mammals.

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x6bko TIL that the Navajo language, spoken by many indigenous peoples in Arizona and New Mexico, is related to indigenous languages of northwestern Canada and Alaska, all of which form the proposed Na-Dené language family.
9Yp6M TIL Prince Yasuhiko, the perpetrator of Nanjing massacre was never charged after the war because of he was member of the Imperial family. General Matsui was executed despite forbidding his men to loot and expressed grief in his diary when his order was disobeyed.
xVOab TIL that in 1971 an unidentified man hijacked a plane in the northwest United States, obtained $200,000 in ransom money (equivalent to $1,260,000 today) and parachuted into the night, never to be heard from again. Fifteen copycat hijackings were attempted in 1972, all of which were unsuccessful.
ObRg TIL that Al-Beruni, a mathematical genius, calculated radius of earth 1 thousand years ago (alone). There’s a mere difference of 16 km between his value and modern day value.
PWZJ TIL Bagged salad was a way to sell misshapen but edible lettuce. Bagged lettuce can sell for twice the price of heads of lettuce