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TIL about this monkey who learned to run on his legs after losing a limb

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4XEVg TIL Meghan Smith is the person with the most uncredited movie/series appearances on the planet. She is the woman whose portrait is printed on a newspaper prop used regularly over the past 60 years
xDZk TIL that a 30 ft tall log - the “Old Man of the Lake” - has been bobbing vertically on its end in Oregon’s Crater Lake since at least 1896.
E15NW TIL that during the cold war, both the United States and the USSR had designated 'Signal Cities' in the opposing countries that, in the event of an escalation of hostilities, would be nuked to indicate strong resolve. It was called 'nuclear signaling'. Kiev and Boston were the cities.
BXZL TIL that astronauts must have good airflow around them when they sleep, otherwise they, “…could wake up oxygen-deprived and gasping for air, because a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide had formed around their heads.”
wLX5o TIL During filming of 'The Wizard of Oz', Judy Garland was constantly sexually harassed by the munchkins. The munchkins were paid so little to appear in the movie, they resorted to prostitution and used to have regular orgies in their hotel rooms.