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TIL London has a Walking and cycling commissioner

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dD0j9 TIL 100 million Americans have medical debts. Their bills make up about half of all outstanding debt in the country
grBZX TIL: That the movie 'The Terminal' was partially inspired by the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who frequented terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years. Nasseri would spend his days writing his journal, listening to the radio, smoking his gold pipe or eating meals at McDonald's.
YpVX7 TIL that Helen Keller, an American author who was deaf and blind, could distinguish people by the vibration of their footsteps
wLQ71 TIL The shaggy coat of sloths are host to symbiotic green algae which camouflages the sloth in trees and provides it nutrients. The green color of the algae makes sloths the only green mammal.
Z8y0v TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand was only mating with people's heads, so they made an "ejaculation helmet" for people to wear which would collect the bird's rare semen