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

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DQEgP Today I learned that from 1972 to 1994 the Office of Technology Assesment existed and functioned similarly to the FDA until it was defunded.
M7AaW TIL there is a thunderstorm named Hector that appears every 6 months in the same exact spot.
e0bRg TIL the fastest land speed record is 1,227.985 km/h (763.03 mph), the fastest manned rocket-powered aircraft was 7,270 km/h (4,520 mph), and water speed record was 275.98 knots (511.11 km/h, 317.59 mph).
dDLnQ TIL about the last knight, and his stand against NAZIs.
DQwxJ TIL that moose are deer.