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

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KGlR TIL over 80% of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals. Antibiotics help them gain weight and stay healthy in overcrowded conditions, but also encourage antibiotic resistant bacteria that spread to workers and meat consumers. Pfizer has spent $900,000 fighting a bill to stop the practice.
Zp8jB TIL that Tesla named their fastest car, the Model S Plaid, as an homage to the 1987 cult classic movie Spaceballs in which the starship speeds are Light Speed, Ridiculous Speed, Ludicrous Speed, and Plaid Speed.
7rwBX TIL Bear Grylls, at the age of 21, survived a fall of 16,000 feet after his parachute malfunctioned
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kRDe TIL the Roman Legion, Legio X Macedonia, was in service for 680 years; 43 B.C.-637 A.D.