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TIL there is one wild monkey population in Europe and it’s growing - Barbary macaques of Gibraltar

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1G6d TIL that a Danish vagabond used to stand on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway(in Laguna Beach,CA ) and greet every car and person that passed by him for 30 years.
VMGJ4 TIL that Danny DeVito used worked as a hair dresser in his sister's beauty shop for six months when he was just 19. The salon was at a central place in New Jersey and he loved the female attention, though eventually decided he is better off moving to Manhattan and trying to find an acting gig.
9Y4EX TIL muskrats are considered legally fish by the Catholic diocese of southeast Michigan, allowing them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent. When asked about the ruling the local bishop wrote that "anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints."
GYvEQ TIL: The Shining's "Here Johnny" line was inspired by the Johnny Carson Show (also, Joker)?
OGGp4 TIL that writing lines dates as punishment dates back to Ancient Egypt.