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TIL there is a hidden bar in NYC that is only accessible through a phone booth

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MeJQK TIL a UK study found that North American gray squirrels are smarter than UK red squirrels at tasks to get hazelnuts. Both gray & red equally opened a clear flap to get a nut. But in a multi-step task including operating a lever to get a nut, 91% of gray squirrels solved it vs 62% of red squirrels.
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6E5d7 TIL Rush Limbaugh avoided the the Vietnam draft due to an anal cyst.
nWoPB TIL that Mad Max (1979), originally filmed with Australian accent, was dubbed for the American audience
OovJ7 TIL that in 1758, Carl Linnaeus, in his book Systema Naturæ, divided humans into five "subspecies:" the white, sanguine, and powerful Europeans; the yellow, melancholy, and severe Asians; the red, choleric, and stubborn Americans; the black, stony, and lax Africans; and the "wild, monstrous" others.