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TIL rats are capable of laughing.

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dkvj TIL that Snoop Dogg once tried to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a video shoot, and the main reason they said no is because he didn’t give them enough notice.
En9X TIL that apes that have been taught sign language have answered our questions, but no ape has ever asked a question.
wLmp6 TIL Genetic mutations among Tibetan individuals helps them to live and work in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, which features elevations as high as 14,800 feet. One of these variants was inherited from an extinct group of humans known as the Denisovans, a sister species to the Neanderthals.
X0D6 TIL that Jimi Hendrix was kicked out of the army for masturbating while on duty
woypP TIL In the '80s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled state governments cannot be held legally responsible for failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect (even if they knew about the risks earlier) in the case of DeShaney v. Winnebago (1989).