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TIL Tom Brady’s body guards were convicted of attempted murder trying to retrieve pics from the paparazzi

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gr0k8 TIL that sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins—up to 40 minutes—by slowing their heart rate to conserve oxygen
nbn7 TIL Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson in Parks & Rec) used his woodworking skills to build a wooden gazebo for the Japan House of his alma mater (Urbana-Champaign).
oRvM7 TIL that between 1998 and 2015, the Defense and Housing and Urban Development departments had reported $21 trillion in "unsupported adjustments". That is, $21 trillion missing in tax payer money; They cannot track it, nor do they know what it was spent on. That's 65,000 lost dollars per American.
ANRpg TIL Gerald Ford is the only person to serve as president without winning an election for president or vice president because of the the 25th Amendment.
M7PAm TIL that one reason UnitedHealth has so many members despite having the worst claims payment rate and the highest profit rate is... an exclusive deal with the "friend" of retirees, AARP