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TIL A Lot of the movie "Elf" Was Actually Shot in Closed Down Mental Institution

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BO5k TIL Sloths are three times faster in water than on land and can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.
P15pG TIL a pizzeria owner discovered DoorDash was conducting a "demand test" and had a lower price for his pizza even though he had not asked for the pizzeria to be on the app. The owner ordered 10 pizzas on the app, paid $160, and had them delivered to a friend. DoorDash paid the restaurant $240.
1anA7 TIL Russia was forced to release ten pirates who had taken over an oil tanker, due to having insufficient legal grounds to detain them. They released them in an inflatable boat without any navigation equipment. Radio contact was lost within an hour. It’s believed that they all perished.
v1ep7 TIL that using shm in phrases like "Rainforest Shmainforest" or "Rules Shmules" used to deride or dismiss a concept is called a "shm-reduplication" and is found in English, Yiddish, German, and Turkish speech
rNolo TIL George Washington’s willingness to resign his power for the good of the republic earned him the title of “American Cincinnatus,” after the Fifth Century Roman who led the army to victory and then resigned his commission and retired to his farm, refusing rewards for his service.