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TIL a sloth can hold its breath underwater for over 40 minutes.

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V8ZB TIL that the new South Park game was originally named “The Butthole of Time”. Due to retailers refusing to put the word “Butthole” on their shelves, Matt and Trey had to change the name. Their answer? “The Fractured But Whole”.
1aO7D TIL the USA only ranks #43 in a list of countries by home ownership rate (64.5%). Romania is 1st with 96.4%.
9JOM TIL the opening scene from The Exorcist was shot in the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq. These were the same ruins the terrorist group ISIL destroyed in february 2015
NXmP8 TIL in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th & 80th floors, which killed 14 people and injured 26 others. Although on a normal workday, as many as 15,000 people worked in the skyscraper, but the crash happened to occur on a Saturday with only 1,500 present.
awxvZ TIL fire hydrants are color coded so fire fighters instantly know the pressure and water flow.