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TIL A Sloth's claws are finger bones

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DGej TIL The Department of Veterans Affairs still pays a pension to one surviving daughter of a Civil War veteran.
j6BNp TIL 31 out of the 46 US presidents served in the military
ADv4x TIL Wood frogs in Alaska can hold their pee for up to 8 months, during the region's long winters. They relieve themselves once temperatures increase. The urine actually helps keep them alive while they hibernates, with special microbes in their gut turning the urea (urine's main waste) into nitrogen
4oLw TIL that in 2009, the UK tried to prevent the indigenous population of the British Indian Ocean Territory from returning to their homelands by establishing a “marine reserve”, making it difficult for them to reclaim their land and re-settle. The documents later showed up on Wikileaks.
wGw6 TIL that the Glasgow City Council named Scrooge McDuck on a list of famous Glaswegians