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TIL Macques have a vocal tract capable of spoken language but lack the brain power for it.

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Oo80Y TIL an insurance company had to stop using their cartoon mascot Erin Esurance because she yielded too much fan made porn. When searching Esurance online, porn would come up first.
VBMWD TIL in 2019 one of Russia’s troll farms was evicted by the building owners after repeated bomb threats.
rRbxw TIL about "whitecapping" a violent lawless movement in the 19th and 20th centuries to enforce community standards, appropriate behavior, and traditional rights.
8aJEP TIL "ikizukuri" is literally torturing a fish to death as you eat it.
m1V4P TIL that in Norway, if you publish a book the government will buy 1000 copies and distribute them to libraries