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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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awEa0 TIL 1910 was the Argentinian Centennial. Countries from around the world sent gifts to Argentina. Most of these gifts were Argentinian-centric. The gift from the United States was American-centric and had nothing to do with Argentina. It was a statute of George Washington.
egX6 TIL South Korea, despite having completed the transistion to digital broadcast (ATSC) in 2012, still maintains analogue broadcast near its borders for North Koreans watching South Korean TV in secret.
Zkaa TIL that new coins for 2016 in UK are to feature Shakespeare and Beatrix Potter
1aBor TIL that the last US President elected from outside the Republican and Democratic parties was technically Abraham Lincoln who ran under the National Union name
OoJe7 TIL of Cody Slaughter, who was so honest during his job interview with the Border Patrol, that he admitted to molesting a toddler, and having sex with various types of animals, offences the police were previously unaware of.