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TIL that when monkeys are taught to recognize themselves in the mirror, the first thing they do after recognizing themselves in the mirror is to inspect their genitals.

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gEZA TIL that in 2005 Nintendo released a game known as Super Princess Peach. In the game, Mario, Toad and Luigi have been captured by Bowser and Peach must rescue them, as well as collecting the all powerful ‘Vibe Scepter’
lK7N TIL that Ben Franklin would ask his rivals to do him favors, and through cognitive dissonance they would end up liking him more and doing him more favors because of it. This psychological finding is pinned “The Ben Franklin Effect”
dZ99 TIL That Mr. Rogers named the puppet “King Friday XIII” so that children would not be superstitious of friday the 13th, but instead look forward to it. That’s why they celebrate King Friday’s birthday every friday the 13th.
D1Vlp TIL that France’s longest land border is with Brazil
8e6MG TIL in 1945 there were statues created from the measurements of 15,000 American men and women, representing the average size and shape of a U.S. citizen. They were named Normman and Norma.