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TIL in the 1960s you could buy a variety of monkeys from the Sears catalog as pets, each for about $50.

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0loA TIL the Titanic’s coal stores had been burning for weeks before she set sail, damaging the starboard side of the ship where the iceberg hit. There was not only a cover-up, but evidence that the fire damaged the hull enough to be a large contributing factor to why the iceberg caused such damage.
jg8X TIL Samsung Smart TV sends a recording of everything you speak in front of it to a third party, according to its privacy policy
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