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TIL that “elephant-sized” sloths and “car-sized” armadillos once built giant tunnels that still stand today

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Km94 TIL Oscar, the character from The Office, was not originally intended to be gay. This choice was inspired by an early episode in which he wore a pink shirt.
mLVy TIL some cable networks (like TBS and TNT) imperceptibly speed up reruns of shows (like Seinfeld) so they can fit in more ads. Speeding up the show by just 7.5% allows them to shave off almost two minutes off the broadcast.
E18oV TIL Python's official documentation encourages you to make Monty Python references in your code documentation, since that's what the language is named after.
BrX1L TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: "unknown compelling force"
ne8W9 TIL that if you are a Black man, you can be executed for murders you did not commit