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TIL that days are associated with certain colors in Thailand

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5Yk18 TIL some monkeys, like the Japanese Macaque, have the necessary vocal anatomy to produce humanlike speech, only inhibited by the fact that their brain lacks the capability to control the muscles responsible for speech.
94nr TIL Vin Diesel only agreed to make an appearance in Tokyo Drift in exchange for ownership rights of the The Chronicles of Riddick franchise
1pY4 TIL The average male medieval peasant ate between 160% to 200% more calories than your average male now. Which kind of explains why it’s so hard to sustain 1500 calorie diets…
1e44 TIL that the London underground has evolved its own species of mosquito
mBjR TIL of Thomas Mott Osborne, who stamped out corruption as warden of Sing Sing prison. Framed for having sex with prisoners by a crooked banker, after his acquittal the inmates held a carnival in his honour