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TIL Thousands of Aussies have gotten behind a petition to change the Australian currency to “dollarydoos.”

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VKNk TIL In 2005, Benedict Cumberbatch was abducted at gunpoint in South Africa and left in unsettled territory with no explanation
QJ90p TIL researchers found that, like humans, chimps and bonobos exhibit bonding behaviors after watching a video together in an experiment in which pairs of chimps & pairs of bonobos that watched videos of their respective species touched & paid attention to each other more than the control group
X0Zk8 TIL the Labord’s Chameleon of Madagascar has an average lifespan of 4-5 months. This is shorter than the time it takes to develop as an embryo (8-9 months)
kWjE TIL that since 1985 the government of Saudi Arabia has destroyed about 95% of the holy city of Mecca in order to make way for the construction of hotels, apartments, parking lots, etc. There are now less than 20 structures that date back to the period of Muhammad.
alYb TIL that there are six million iPhones in Iran, despite them being banned by both the Iranian government and international sanctions.