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TIL that chimps recognize ass better than each other’s faces

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69vaX TIL that there are "kangaroo trucks" in brazil with backs raised up to 2 meters high. This is important to prevent highway robbers reaching the back of the trucks.
0w51M TIL that 26 of the 50 states of the U.S. are named after Native American tribes.
E1Py7 TIL a 38 year old woman named Joyce Vincent died in her London flat watching TV, and her body lay undisturbed until almost 3 years later when city officials came to repossess the apartment due to unpaid rent.
d8XxB TIL that a group of up to 30 bears surrounded and attacked a remote Russian platinum mine in 2008, killing two security guards and trapping 400 people there
4k8dR TIL that in the early days of crossword puzzles, the game became an object of cultural hysteria. Newspapers and magazines from the 1920's - 1930's warned of a “crossword craze” gripping the country’s minds. The trend was described as an “epidemic,” a “virulent plague,” and a “national menace.”