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TIL that some chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the stone age

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lRgA TIL that George Lazenby wasn’t an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
a8L1M TIL Data from the U.S. ASPE shows mothers are more likely to abuse their children than fathers. Of all child maltreatment cases, 54% of perpetrators were female, 46% male. Among female perpetrators, 86% were biological mothers, compared to 51% of male perpetrators being biological fathers.
p8Gep TIL that in WW2 a German spy landed in Canada, but soon abandoned his task to live there using the funds for his mission. He eventually surrendered to authorities and was found not guilty of espionage.
v1kJr TIL Belarus has one of the most grandiose defense museums in Eastern Europe, the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex, named after the original Stalin Line, a network of fortifications along the Western border of the former Soviet Union
WJko TIL Issac Asimov coined the term “robotics” without knowing it. He assumed it was already a term.