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TIL Scientists have been communicating with apes via sign language since the 1960s; apes have never asked one question.

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EMa7 TIL During a slump in the minors, Mickey Mantle told his father “I don’t think I can play baseball anymore.” His father responded with “I thought I raised a man. I see I raised a coward instead. You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me.” Mantle immediately broke out of his slump.
QNkvL TIL there is a French hydrogen fuel auto startup called Hopium, an internet meme portmanteau for something designed to give people hope in a hopeless situation
xVEp5 TIL There's a service саlled "Сleaning for a rеason" in the U.S. and Саnada that сleans the housеs of women with cancer for frее, so they can focus on their health
dEKB TIL the Dominican Republic once voted to join the United States, but the US Senate rejected them.
nWD9o TIL about "Kranzgeld", which were, until 1998, damages that a man had to pay to a previously virgin woman if he broke off his engagement after having sex