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TIL How scientists taught monkeys the concept of money. Not long after, the first prostitute monkey appeared

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Jxpj TIL a former Governor of Arizona, aged 96, was detained by the US Border Patrol because his pacemaker set off radiation detectors.
oBDLY TIL there are fluid bearings in hydroelectric plants that have been in nearly continuous service since about 1900 and show no signs of wear
Brj4d TIL: When model/actress Brooke Shields was 10, photographer Garry Gross, with her mom's consent, took nude photos of her in a bathtub wearing adult makeup and covered in oil, and rights to said photos were contested in court.
OoQGg Til while Simon Pegg was in rehab for alcoholism, the tabloids would ring up pretending to be his mother, to get a story off the clinic.
KY0K9 TIL Deliberate consumption of microplastics by Japanese quail chicks does not increase mortality, morbidity or reproductive success - but does cause minor delays in growth, a higher incidence of epididymal intra-epithelial cysts and delays in female sexual maturity.