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TIL Gibraltar is home to around 230 monkeys. They are known to steal from and even attack people.

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M7MlV TIL that the worst rail disaster in the UK was at Quintinshill in 1915, where a southbound train collided with a stationary northbound train that was "parked" on the southbound line to allow two late northbound trains to overtake it, one of which struck the wreckage of the troop train
0dWLy TIL Ancient Egyptian king Menkaure's black stone sarcophagus, carved with niched panels, was discovered inside his pyramid, but was lost at sea in 1838 as it was being transported to England.
v16aL TIL that Caltech researchers found evidence of a ninth planet which orbits the Sun 20 times farther than Neptune where one full orbit takes between 10,000 to 20,000 years to complete.
dDKrK TIL that lasagna noodles don’t need to be boiled. The moisture from the sauce cooks them in the oven
XEBPj TIL The Republic of China (Taiwan) and the USSR is still legally the permanent members of the United Nation Security Council