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TIL that a British zoo banned monkeys from eating bananas for health reasons

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ANpP4 TIL: there are otter gangs in Singapore who fight for territories. It is well followed by the locals and the press. Each gangs has names and reputations.
PYOlJ TIL When President Jimmy Carter told a joke during a speech in a college in Japan it was greeted with uproarious laughter. When he asked why the joke had gotten such a response, the Japanese interpreter replied: “I told the audience, ‘President Carter told a funny story; everyone must laugh.’ ”
7rwGp TIL King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand around 1960. An accidental monarch who was not born in the direct line of succession, he took the throne in 1946 at the age of 18 and became the personification of Thai nationhood. He would become known as the peoples king.
yV7Gl TIL in 1876, Texas set aside vast tracts of land for the state university system. At the time the land was considered to be worthless but was later found to contain oil. As of 2015 the fund is worth $17 billion.
AY0B TIL that whoever is the President of France is also the co-ruler of the tiny European nation of Andorra. This makes Andorra the only country in the world to have one of its leaders chosen by people from another nation