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TIL that the prehistoric giant sloth had hidden "armor" of tiny pebble-like bones imbeded in its skin.

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Oo7gX TIL slow TV, very long coverage of mundane, ordinary events, is huge in Norway. The national broadcaster NRK has regularly shown programmes such as a 376 hr boat voyage, 60 hrs of choirs singing, and 12 hrs of knitting. Shorter shows include a lecture on Norway's past 200 years in 200 minutes.
GAMYN TIL Fifty Shades of Grey was the highest selling book of the 2010s.
RLNQ TIL that on April 18th, 1930 (Good Friday) the BBC announced that the world was indeed “Good” and there was nothing worth reporting in the news.
BBXy TIL that in 2001 Steve Buscemi was stabbed in the throat, head, and arm during a barroom brawl. Vince Vaughn was also in the brawl, and was maced and arrested for brutalising one of Buscemi’s attackers.
5YYRD Short answer: Not by a long shot