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TIL Macauque monkeys at a temple in Bali have learned to steal electronics and other valuable items, in order to ransom them for food they perceive to be especially valuable.

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er76 TIL after an Indian king was insulted for his ethnicity by an employee while visiting a Rolls-Royce showroom in London he ordered that 6 luxury cars be bought and sent back to India to be used as garbage collectors throughout the city, damaging Rolls-Royce’s reputation and profits.
1n1W TIL: The only US Army survivor at the Battle of Little Bighorn was a horse named Comanche. He was found severely wounded, but recovered and lived until 1891.
pY9ge TIL that Daniel ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger, the football player who is the basis of the classic sports film “Rudy”, ran a pump and dump scheme and was charged with stock fraud charges and settled for $4.5M.
OGnXR TIL Dolly Parton wrote a song that won't be released until 2045.
vPp6j TIL September is the most popular month for birthdays in the U.S. Sep. 9 is the most common birthday date. More babies have been born on Sept. 9 than any other day of the year, according to data compiled by FiveThirtyEight, based on registered births in the U.S. from 1994 to 2014.