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TIL in 1993 the owner of a zoo in Mexico was arrested when he illegally purchased an FBI agent in a gorilla suit, thinking it was an actual gorilla.

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b9YrN TIL: The average NFL career lasts about three years; nearly 80 percent of players are bankrupt within three years of retirement.
78r6M TIL a wedding can be performed in Montana without either of the people getting married being present. It is called a double proxy wedding, because there are two people(proxies) standing in for the people actually getting married.(2:30)
8aBKa TIL Syphilis had many historical names. In Germany it was The French Disease. In France it was The Italian Disease. In Holland it was The Spanish Disease. In Russia it was The Polish Disease. The Turks called it The Christian Disease.
M7JvB TIL there are fresh water jellyfish all over the world
vPlJx TIL that in 1325 the "War of the Bucket" was caused because a wooden bucket was stolen, and later put on display.