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TIL there have been cases of benevolent monKey groups that help to feed humans lost in the Amazon.

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vP5X7 TIL about the unusual death of Vladimir Likhonos, who died by dipping his chewing gum in explosive powder. He mistook the powder for citric acid, which he dipped his gum in to increase its sourness.
rNWpx TIL The Matrix defense is a legal defense based on the premise of the film franchise The Matrix. A defendant using this defense claims that they committed a crime because they believed that they were in a simulated world
QNWEe TIL Studies have found that the amount of plastics that humans inhale or ingest results in a credit cards’ equivalent of microplastics in the bloodstream.
K4kR TIL of the HMS Black Joke, which was previously a Brazilian slave ship called the Henriquetta. It was captured by the Royal Navy and repurposed to chase down slave ships, ultimately freeing hundreds of slaves during her five-year career.
R5W6l TIL that Ada Lovelace, regarded as the world's first computer programmer, is actually the daughter of poet Lord Byron!!