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TIL that people in Hartlepool, England ???????????????????????????? once hanged a monkey in the belief he was a spy.

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7VWr TIL Tiririca, a Brazilian Clown, used slogans including “What does a federal congressman do? I really don’t know – but if you vote for me, I’ll tell ya” and “It can’t get any worse, vote Tiririca”. He became the second-most-voted congressman in Brazil’s history, with 1,348,295 votes.
ne6y9 TIL that the most decorated WWII soldier received every medal of valor by the age of 21. After returning home he then starred in over 40 Hollywood movies including films about himself.
0wvOv TIL that Donkeys can be used as guard animals to protect livestock and have even been known to kill coyotes.
ADdP4 TIL: conceptual and non-conceptual mental states. Conceptual is beliefs that shape your current world view. Non-conceptual state can represent the world even though the bearer of those mental states need not possess the concepts required to specify their content.
8aGV4 TIL that even the typographer who designed Comic Sans only used it once, and that was to send a letter to Sky for his broadband problem.