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TIL in 1981 Muhammad Ali Talked a Suicidal Man Off a Ledge

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6nmW TIL 12 Capuchin monkeys were given one token a day to be used toward buying fruit. Not long after the study began, one monkey was observed giving his token to a female monkey in exchange for sex. The token was then handed over and immediately used to buy a grape.
XEJBP TIL in 1994 in Zimbabwe over 60 school children saw a disc shaped craft descend on the school grounds with beings coming out of it and the kids who are now adults still claim it's not a hoax
D1dQY TIL container ships lose 2,000 to 10,000 containers at sea each year.
Medj8 TIL- Louie Anderson once blew 80 grand, all his money, gambling in LA, then rented a car, drove to Vegas in the middle of the night and used a casino line of credit to win it all back in the pit by sunup, caught a 7am flight and went straight to shoot a 7-11 commercial.
BjoW TIL that the scent of a woman crying triggers a dramatic decrease in levels of testosterone and sexual arousal in the majority of men. And that men are subconsciously able to differentiate between genuine tears, and those that are forced.