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TIL young chimpanzees have better numerical memory than adult humans

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yjwa TIL that in Canada, a piece of land must have a tree on it to be called Island.
AD7O7 TIL as part of an April Fool's Day prank in 1989, a TV news station in Seattle reported that the city's iconic Space Needle had collapsed. So many people called 911 that the lines went down, and medical professionals left from hours away to volunteer in the 'recovery' efforts.
ANggx TIL that out of 556 people that have been in space, 339 of them were American. Americans represent 60.97% of all people who have ever been in space.
prMG TIL that Brazil, the only country in the world that still produces the Volkswagen Bus, will stop production by the end of this year
E09W TIL in Japan it is believed women have too warm of hands to be sushi chefs.