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TIL that Amazon and Congo Rivers were part of the same river system before the continents drifted away

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WkXJ8 TIL the pink fairy armadillo is barely half a foot long, and here is one on video in reduced sunlight foraging around in the sand for roots and grubs on a rural road, and luckily some passersby were able to film it in action. It is native to South America.It mostly active at dawn, dusk, and night.
keRd TIL a 2004 study demonstrated raising the temperature in an office from 68°F (20°C) to 77°F (25°C) dropped typing errors by 44% and boosted typing output by 150%
EooX TIL That 78% of NFL players file bankruptcy within 5 years of retirement.
AN60g TIL that the stories of Sinbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba weren’t in the original Arabic versions of “One Thousand and One Nights.” Sinbad was added centuries later, and the others were added by a French translator based on stories he heard from a Syrian writer visiting Paris.
VMDXG TIL of Waverly Woodson, a black medic who treated at least 200 injured men on D-Day while injured himself. As he hit the beach a shell tore apart his landing craft, filling him with shrapnel. Despite this, he set up an aid station and treated wounds for 30 hours, at one point even amputating a foot.