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

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ADPEo TIL the political "Left" and "Right" picked those sides in 1789, when French revolutionaries in the National Assembly decided which side of the room they would sit on. "So as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp." -Baron de Gauville
MePv7 TIL in the past, compressed blocks of dried tea were used as currency
av6o TIL ‘financial guru’ Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, filed for bankruptcy last year
QBnL TIL a group got instructions to sleep as long as they wanted, their cortisol started to rise at 8, and woke up at 9. Another group was said they’d wake up at 6, and their CRH and cortisol rose at 5. Just their expectations of waking time changed the behaviour of stress hormones.
d8rAZ TIL Napoleon's 1st language was Corsican, his 2nd language was Italian, and he did not learn to speak his 3rd language-- French-- until he was almost 10 years old.