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TIL A monkey paid for sex after learning how to use money.

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QNk06 TIL that the son of the victim of Indian actor Salman Khan's drunk hit-and-run has stated that he still watches his movies.
nO6b TIL that the 1978 arcade game “Space Invaders” was so popular upon its release that by mid-1981, Space Invaders machines had grossed more than four billion quarters.
6EQpJ TIL scientists are going to try and bring back the northern white rhino from extinction by combining the eggs from the southern white rhino with the cryopreserved sperm of a northern white rhino to create viable embryos and embryonic stem cells!
GAWAE TIL Atari once released a pinball machine called Hercules that measured seven feet tall, eight feet long and three feet wide. You used pool cue ball to play it.
OGaae TIL that the adoption of perfumed hair oil (macassar oil) by men in the 19th century led to lace doilies (antimacassars) being placed on couches and chairs to try and protect them.