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TIL that Harbor Freight toss things you return into the dumpster

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b9ygE TIL that a chimp named Yuhui learned how to hand wash clothes by watching his caretaker.
WWG4 TIL that having sex 3-4 times/week increases the rates of expulsion of kidney stones and decreases the risk of renal colic.
yvrl TIL that Mc Donald’s sued Sarah Michelle Gellar when she was 4 years old and banned her for life. She was in a Burger King commercial and called Mickey D’s out so they sued her. It was the first time a competitor called out the competition by name in an ad.
9wr0Q TIL scientists believe they had the first "communicative exchange between humans & humpback whales in the humpback 'language.'" The 20-minute exchange occurred while they were studying intelligent communication in nonhuman species to gain insight that can aid in processing extraterrestrial signals.
yVodw TIL the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was attacked by rabbits and forced to retreat. In 1807, after signing a treaty, he proposed a rabbit hunt with his men for which, his chief of staff collected over 3000 bunnies. When the hunt began, the rabbits charged towards him and his men in a vicious attack.