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TIL that ancient sloth could be as large as an elephant

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PYbLL TIL when Sylvester Stallone went to the person he sold his dog to, after he got paid for Rocky (1975), the new owner asked for $3000 instead of the original price of $60. After Stallone declined, the new owner agreed to give the dog if he got a role in Rocky. Stallone obliged and gave him a role.
KYXvJ TIL that Marvin the Martian has a dark spherical head with big eyes because he is supposed to be an alien ant. He was even called Antwerp before his name was changed in the 70s.
Oow5R TIL Over 300 people died in a supermarket fire because management deliberately locked the doors to prevent theft
gMXkD TIL: James Richardson spent 21 years in jail for murdering his 7 children who died after eating a poisoned lunch. Among the facts concealed by the prosecution; the babysitter had who served the poisoned meal was a convicted murderer on parole for poisoning her husband. He was exonerated in 1989.
xmNb TIL that the first people to discover magnetic rocks were the Chinese. They called them “the loving stones” because the stones love metal the way parents love children