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TIL In Switzerland it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness

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PYZ7L TIL about the Tarpeian Rock in Rome. In ancient times Romans threw traitors and murderers off this rock, named after the mythological first traitor to be flung from it: the Vestal Virgin Tarpeia.
OGVB1 TIL: Bee stings smell like bananas
grL1W TIL that researchers have studied gambling behavior in monkeys to understand human risk-taking. Capuchin monkeys were given tokens to "bet" on a gamble with varying odds of winning. The monkeys showed similar behaviors to humans, suggesting an an evolutionary basis for gambling tendencies.
VmQG TIL That in 2013 when asked if they trusted the government over 75% of Americans responded no.
dvGr TIL that two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s baby became a CEO of a company