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TIL three-toed sloths only poop once every three weeks because their metabolism is so slow

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ANAmd TIL That "tank banks" were set up across Great Britain during WWI to sell war bonds to buy more tanks. Cites competed to see who could sell the most bonds. The city who raised the most money was Glasgow at 16 million pounds.
4Zd6 TIL- The United States federal government still does not recognize the Armenian Genocide.
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