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TIL Jane Goodall was first mocked by scientists for her findings and told animals do not have feelings (tell that to dog owners) nor use tools

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e04r6 TIL in one of Charles XII's (King of Sweden) drunken escapades he forced a bear to drink so much wine that it fell out of the palace window and died. After this incident Charles vowed to quit drinking which he adhered to, with a few small exceptions, for the rest of his life.
MeeBb TIL of the religion of Nuwaubianism - which holds the belief that Satan's child is being nurtured by the illuminati and was raised by former US President Richard Nixon, and is currently hooked up bodily to a machine called "The Beast 3M" or "3666"
VMAg0 TIL that Australia's "Aged Dependent Relative Visa", where a person applies for their aging foreign parents to migrate to Australia, has an approximate 50 year waiting period and costs $6,100, making it virtually impossible to actually qualify.
pYxGG TIL the most expensive medieval English coin ever sold at auction is a 'Henry III gold penny' minted around 1257 that fetched £648K ($835K) in 2022. It's only the eighth known example out of the roughly 52,000 coins that were originally minted. It was found by an amateur metal detectorist in Hemyock
pWRG TIL that compared with the 1960s, U.S. women have in 2000s spent two to three hours longer in labor, according to researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, who said the findings suggest doctors may need to rethink the definition of “normal” labor