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TIL Economic researchers at Yale managed to successfully train Capuchin monkeys to understand and use currency. The result? The monkeys used it to buy….sex.

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rN791 TIL in the U.S., women didn’t have the right to open their own bank account until 1974
6Eo0Y TIL Parts (if not all) of Europe don’t refrigerate their eggs, and that unwashed eggs can last awhile outside the fridge as long as they aren’t washed. Info on why the U.S refrigerates eggs in article as well.
1aWbr TIL Oklahoma's 2016 Teacher of the Year moved to Texas in 2017 for a higher salary.
ZO74 TIL in Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness.
b6OM7 TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife.