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TIL Sloths can hold their breath up to 40-minutes underwater; Dolphins can hold it for only 20 minutes.

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9Ybk6 TIL that the oldest unopened Wine Bottle is +1650 years old
6ENO7 TIL, the Lead-crime hypothesis explains that the crime wave from 1970-1995 was mainly due to two generations being exposed to lead
mx5Wo TIL of Andy—a footless goose born in the 1980s who walked around in baby shoes. He rapidly became a huge star and appeared all over the media, before he was murdered in 1991. His death sparked a nation-wide outrage and a $10,000 reward for information about his killer, but the case was never solved.
Wea8 TIL squirrels were voracious pests in colonial America. Bounties were imposed to reduce populations and some colonies even accepted squirrel scalps as payment for taxes. Colonists became such marksmen from shooting squirrels, they later devastated the ranks of British soldiers during the revolution.
a8po9 TIL of the Cheung Chau Bun Scrambling Competition, a spring event held in Hong Kong where participants climb a tower made of steamed buns. The climber who collects the most buns wins