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TIL the 1990 Larry Cohen film "The Ambulance" is the first film to feature a Stan Lee cameo.

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1aj4W TIL chimps have a closely related counterpart called bonobos. While chimps are violent and cannibalistic, bonobos are very passive and often appease each other with sex.
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awlg0 TIL of the Catherine Wheel- A torture device used widely from the Middle Ages until 1841. A victim was tied down and had each limb broken by a cart wheel, and then the limbs were braided between the spokes and the person left to die. One man lasted 9 days before passing.
v1lxK TIL the 2002 SARS virus also originated from cave dwelling bats, discovered through tracing by scientists at Wuhan Institute of Virology.
RRB4 TIL the modern Internet was born on January 1, 1983, making today its 30th cake day!