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TIL A Sloth's claws are finger bones

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gpO7 TIL that an Australian man searching for a toilet stumbled across the oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in existence from 49,000 years ago
e0gO5 TIL No living things in the natural world are known to have evolved wheels to move around. Some move around by rolling, but there are some biological barriers to developing wheels.
YpolG TIL About a Nez Percè women named Watkuweis. In 1805, she convinced her tribe not to kill a weakened Lewis and Clark Expedition, and help them instead. Her altruism saved one of the most important expeditions in history. (U.S. National Park Service)
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