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TIL Marilyn Monroe quoted as saying “There is nothing positive about being fat, and there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society’s expectations of who we are, and if we don’t, who will? - I was never fat a day in my life and I never will be”

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1a7y7 TIL apes don't ask questions. While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't. It's a concept that separates mankind from apes.
doW8 TIL a McDonald’s Caesar Salad has more calories, fat and salt than a Double Big Mac burger
jxjN TIL that in a siege against a gallic city, Julius Caesar actually built a second wall around the city to keep its occupants from leaving.
N7rrb TIL Bobbie the Wonder Dog covered 2,551 miles on his own to return home to Oregon after he was lost. He returned mangy, dirty, and scrawny, with his nails worn down to nothing and seemingly walked the entire distance, swam rivers, and crossed the Continental Divide during the coldest part of winter.
PYM4g TIL if you remove a box turtle from the wild and don't put them back in the location you found them they will most likely die looking for their home.