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

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JmE1 TIL - ‘Petrichor’ is the word for 'the smell of rain.’ Petrichor is caused by the oil exuded by plants during dry times to slow seed growth being washed into the air by the rain.
LrgV TIL Mexico is officially called the United Mexican States.
D14Ar TIL Boston Red Sox OF Mookie Betts bowled a perfect 300 at the World Series of Bowling - in the same week he was awarded an MLB Gold Glove.
1aevX TIL an Australian news anchor wore the same suit every day for a year and no one noticed
b9yY0 TIL 35mm film has a digital equivalent of 6K resolution, while 70mm film has the digital equivalent of 12K resolution