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TIL that great apes, including chimpanzees and orangutans, have absolutely no appreciation of music whatsoever. Research has shown they can’t tell the difference between Beethoven and Bieber, and that music is all just meaningless sound to them.

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WJbd TIL 25% of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% in the UK and less than 1% in the US. Vodka is cited as the cause for low life expectancy.
e0bwb TIL the majority of Egyptian hieroglyphs represent sounds, not objects/ideas. In English, this would be like using pictures of a pear, ant, and hood to write "parenthood."
xVvB TIL that treasure worth $22 billion in gold, diamonds and jewels was found in secret vaults of an Indian temple.
XEY18 TIL Gilbert Arenas starred in a production of the play Our Town, alongside teammates Etan Thomas, Jared Jefferies, and Boost mobile spokesman Faizon Love.
j6Jvp TIL the origin of Sniper. It comes from the verb "to snipe", originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India in reference to shooting snipes, an extremely challenging game bird for hunters due to its alertness, camouflaging color and erratic flight behavior.