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TIL Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes (4x more than dolphins for example)

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78ZZZ TIL in South Vietnam during the Buddhist crisis, a hugely oversized carp was found in a small pond. It was believed to be a reincarnation of one of Buddha's disciples, and the Catholic government ordered it mined and machine gunned, which it survived. This catapulted the fish's fame to new heights
xVWNb TIL the official centre of London is marked by a plaque inset into the pavement behind a statue of King Charles I, to the south of Trafalgar Square. Distances to London on road signs throughout Britain are measured from this point.
M74A7 TIL that despite the frequent assertion that lesbian relationships have the highest DV the source data paints a different picture.
xWN1 TIL that in 2001, Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi got into a bar brawl with North Carolina locals, with Vaughn getting maced and Buscemi being stabbed in the face, jaw, and neck
oPDr TIL Game of Thrones is written in DOS using WordStar 4.0