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TIL: Einstein denounced segregation, calling it a “disease of white people” and worked against racism in America

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XENwE TIL that Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a bulldozer underneath the field. During construction of the stadium, torrential rains caused a bulldozer to sink into the mud. Being too expensive to remove, the bulldozer remains buried beneath the field as of this day
e7A4 TIL that a sloths digestive system is so slow it can starve to death on a full stomach
neZ9d TIL that due to its remoteness and virtually constant dense cloud cover, Brazil's tallest mountain - Neblina Peak - remained undiscovered until the 1950s.
8aEK8 TIL Homosexual Black Swans form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, then drives the female away after she lays the egg.
Rwnj TIL that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (worth approx. $850b) excludes Wal-Mart from its investment portfolio because of serious or systematic human rights violations.