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TIL: A Sloth Can Hold Its Breath for 40 Minutes Underwater,Longer than a Dolphin

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8aBeV There are a handful of people who are born into this world without fingerprints. The technical term for the condition is adermatoglyphia, dubbed 'immigration delay disease,' and for years, it wasn't known what caused the phenomenon. A couple of years ago, dermatologists found that the disease was related to a genetic mutation.
1gxP TIL that the last woolly mammoths lived at the same time the Egyptians were building the pyramids
4X4lX TIL While Pope Gregory IX was in power, he declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. The disappearance of cats is believed to have helped rats spread Bubonic plague or black death.
Z8jlY TIL that Chinese emperor Liu Chang would make men and women play a 'game' in which they'd have sex with each other in front of him. At the end he would judge who won, if the man won then they were both rewarded, if the woman won the man was castrated
vg7D TIL Albertville, France’s electricity is powered by Beaufort cheese. Since whey is unnecessary to make Beaufort cheese, bacteria is added to the whey. This transforms the whey into biogas. This gas is then fed through an engine which heats water to 90°C (194°F) to generate 2800 MWh/yr of electricity