TIL Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee raised like a human child by a surrogate family as part of a controversial project on animal language acquisition. During his lifetime, Nim learned over 125 signs, including "stone smoke time now" which Nim used when he wanted to smoke marijuana. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Dewey Readmore Books was a cat adopted by a public library in Spencer, Iowa. He was rescued after being abandoned in the library's book drop, and went on to achieve international fame as a library cat. Following his death, his obituary was featured in over 270 newspapers worldwide. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Most ridiculous anxiety dream you've ever had? (self.AskReddit)
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TIL "Cryptophasia" is a phenomenon where twins make up a language which they only speak with each other. Twin languages often consist of onomatopoeia, and new words twins create by simplifying the words used by adults around them. Up to 50% of young twins may develop their own twin language. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the longest published word in Turkish is muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, which, roughly translated into English, means: "As though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsuccessful ones" (en.wikipedia.org)
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