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TIL wild monkeys can be seen on the Silver River in Florida.

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yVWZa TIL of Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, the Chief of the German Military Cabinet who died after performing a ballerina dance in a pink tutu for the Kaiser and his guests. His death was covered up because of fears it would inflame a previous homosexuality scandal in the German military.
oBrDW TIL that President Roosevelt's dog, Fala, was so well known to Americans during his presidency that American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge would ask each other what the president's dog was named in order to prove that they weren't Germans in disguise.
R77R8 TIL that eels have TWO JAWS (just like Xenomorphs from the Alien movies)
75Qr TIL in 2007, a new parking garage in Germany ended up with two parking bays that had a peculiar shape and required a complicated parking maneuver in order to park there. Officials declared them Men’s Parking Spaces to discourage unskilled drivers from attempting the maneuver.
jNwpE TIL that passive internet use (looking at stuff but not posting) affects your well-being in a more negative way than active internet use (commenting and posting).