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TIL that sloths can die of starvation with a full stomach.

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XEomP TIL In the 1920s, almost half of Indiana residents were in the KKK. Infiltrating all levels of government including the Governor’s office.
9QxG TIL there is a man in India who claims he has gone the past 70 years without food or water. Once Indian military doctors kept him on 24 hour. Watch for 2 weeks and were unable to disprove his claims.
D161g TIL The fastest piloted aircraft was the X-15. It had 199 total flights and set the speed record at 4,520 mph/2,808 kmh (Mach 6.7)
x6NG7 TIL in 1988 JFK conspiracy documentary was aired in UK. It was so inaccurate, the producer was officially censured by British Parliament.
j6KpR TIL that after his crew on the USS Tangier performed dismally on a training exercise in Pearl Harbor, Captain Clifton Sprague told them "We’re not prepared. We can’t trust the Japanese. How do you know the Japanese won’t attack tomorrow?" The next day, December 7th, the Japanese attacked.