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TIL Bali's thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom for more food. Robbing and bartering is an expression of cultural intelligence on the part of the monkeys.
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 06:03PM by benfq1
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TIL. Only 8% of the world's currency exists as physical cash. The rest exists only on a computer hard drive in electronic bank accounts around the world.
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 02:02PM by tiamtiamti
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TIL: Northern India uses Naan and Southern India prefers rice and use different spices and styles.
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 04:52PM by spribyl
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TIL that the street scenes in Elf were actually filmed in the middle of New York City with REAL New Yorkers due to their small movie budget. Also, the funny line "You smell like beef and cheese; you don't smell like Santa" was completely off the cuff and unnoscripted.
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 09:21PM by onthegrind756
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TIL: The Black Plague that wreaked havoc throughout Europe and killed roughly 25 million people, is 100% curable with cheap modern antibiotics and is still around but considered no big deal by the medical community.
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 09:50PM by GiggleMiss2929
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TIL that Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians to ever live and certainly the most prolific, completed about half of his life’s work completely blind
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Submitted January 17, 2021 at 06:59PM by bestoffaves
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TIL the painting "The Scream" was stolen the same day as the opening of the 1994 Olympics; the thieves left a note saying "thanks for the poor security"
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 12:33AM by electricmaster23
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TIL the Battleshitts scene in Harold and Kumar was authentic shit sounds. "Sound engineer Jeff Kushner looked for recordings of bowel movements, but couldn’t find the “richness” he wanted, so instead he hid in a truck stop bathroom with a boom mic to capture authentic bowel moments."
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 02:31AM by philsubby
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TIL the email address that Homer mentioned in the Simpsons episode "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" was registered in real life by Matt Selman. When Selman logged in after the episode had aired, the address had reached its 999-message limit. He responded to many of the emails in the tone of Homer.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 04:47AM by suzukigun4life
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TIL that the price of bread was commonly regulated across medieval Europe. As bread was essential to the lives of medieval peoples, these laws protected common people from fraudulent bakers
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 03:48AM by DeVoto
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TIL On February 18, 1982, while wearing his future wife Sharon's dress for a photoshoot near the Alamo, Ozzy Osbourne drunkenly urinated on a cenotaph erected in honor of those who died at the famous battle in Texas. He was subsequently banned from the city of San Antonio for a decade.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 04:02AM by DrawFluent
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TIL Frank Sinatra was an avid supporter of civil rights. He was a generous financial supporter of Martin Luther King Jr, and was recruited by him to join the civil rights marches in the south. He would go on to receive a lifetime award from the NAACP.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 06:20AM by RelaxRelapse
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TIL of the phenomenon known as misophonia where certain repetitive sounds (commonly chewing) trigger specific emotional responses that are intolerant towards that noise. Common reactions are anger, annoyance, disgust, and even panic in an attempt to get away from the noise.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 01:17AM by Samburger241
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TIL about the Living National Treasures of Japan - individuals and groups certified by the government because they are masters of a traditional art or craft that is in danger of being lost. As a reward, they receive a small amount of money from the government every year.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 06:57AM by twiggez-vous
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TIL that "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" by the Spin Doctors was about Chris Barron's stepmother. When he was a kid, she told him that he would grow up to be a janitor and would play his songs for the rats. The Spin Doctors' debut album sold 5 million copies with this song as the lead single.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 03:08PM by itsmelen
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TIL that when North Korea forced several officers from a captured US Navy spy ship to take a photo demonstrating their happiness, they all raised their middle finger, claiming it was a "Hawaiian good luck sign". The photo was published by North Korea.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 09:58AM by pepperminthippos
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TIL that MLK day wasn't officially celebrated by all 50 states until 2000 even though it's been a federal holiday since 1983.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 05:26PM by ballewberrymomma
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TIL in 1991, a man broke into the Florida State Capitol & blockaded himself inside. His demands included pizza, beer, cigarettes, chinese food, weed, 666 donuts (for the cops) and phone calls w/ Ice Cube, Timothy Leary, & Lemmy from Motörhead. No demand was met, but the standoff ended peacefully
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 07:33PM by howmuchbanana
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TIL of Jerrie Cobb, who started flying at age 12 and later set world records for distance flight, speed, and altitude. She played semiprofessional softball to help finance her aviation, ranked in the top 2% of all astronaut candidates, and pioneered humanitarian flights earning a Nobel nomination.
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 04:01PM by WhileFalseRepeat
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TIL That from 1906-1920, there was a movement in the US to remove all silent letters and irregular spellings from the English language (eg: although->altho), funded by Andrew Carnegie and supported by Teddy Roosevelt
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Submitted January 18, 2021 at 06:12PM by kl0
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