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TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”. (pdf)

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oR1AR TIL a 1991 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that a Camel cigarette ad campaign featuring the mascot Joe Camel was far more successful at advertising to children than adults. The campaign ended in 1997 after increased litigation & pressure from U.S. federal agencies.
NXbO1 TIL - The Mani Peninsula of Greece contained the last remnants of Spartans, the last of the Roman Empire to convert to Christianity, never fully conquered by Ottomans, the source of the Greek war of Independence, contains a cave to Hades and a temple that Roman Generals and Emperors would visit
v1PYj TIL a monkey named Naruto sued over copyright of a selfie he had taken. The case made it to the appeals court and was eventually settled out of court.
d5A7 TIL that if bill gates spent all of his net worth on antimatter, he’d have enough to buy 0.069 of a gram
VBpMD TIL that Stockard Channing, who played Rizzo in Grease, was actually 33 years old when she portrayed a high school student.