TIL that in the 1880s, a South African railroad employed a baboon as a railway signalman, paying him 20 cents a day and a half bottle of beer a week. He made no mistakes in 9 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(Chacma_baboon)



Submitted December 29, 2014 at 11:21PM by compensatedshill http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2qq84y/til_that_in_the_1880s_a_south_african_railroad/