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TIL A Neurosurgeon, Dr. Robert White, performed a successful head transplant of a monkey in the 1970’s. The monkey could hear, smell, taste and feel for several minutes.

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yVOMV TIL of the lost civilization of Tartessos in modern Spain, who's language is unclassified. The location is unknown but is thought to have been near a giant estuary that turned into the Guadalquivir Marshes. Some to speculate Tartessos to be the biblical Tarshish or even Atlantis.
KG0E TIL that businesses like McDonald’s and Starbucks buy chairs with low ‘butt ratings’ that have a measured time before they become too uncomfortable for patrons to stay.
p87R8 TIL in 2013 a quadriplegic man was awarded $8,000 for a lawsuit filed against Disney for an incident in which he was stuck on “It’s a Small World” for 30 minutes.
GAp5Q TIL Sucralose "splenda" in the gut creates Sucralose-6-acetate which is genotoxic and can break up DNA
LkgMv TIL, that the Key and Peele sketch East/West College Bowl sketch was inspired by 3xPro Bowl Jets tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson, who would later appear on their third East/West Bowl sketch as himself.