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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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J1jGQ TIL that in 2017, a 5th grade boy’s basketball team was told to remove two girls from their team, or forfeit the rest of the season. The team unanimously decided to forfeit.
W7REB TIL the clear plastic squares that are always mounted to the left and right of Presidents and other Speaker are highly reflective glasses for the teleprompter
JYkw1 TIL that wood ants practice chemistry, and will synthesize an antibiotic substance using tree resin and formic acid to protect the health of their colony. It is considered to be the most advanced act of evolutionary pharmacology seen in the animal kingdom
b6Lrj TIL With 3,213 metres (10500 feet) from the support tower to the top station, the cable car Zugspitze has the world’s longest free span.
4MNb TIL Sean Bean is terrified of flying. So during Lord of the Rings when the cast had to fly to remote shoot locations by helicopter, like the snowy mountains, he travelled part of the way via ski-lift and then spend two hours walking the remainder of the journey, in full Boromir costume.