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TIL that sloths are so slow that algae grows naturally on their fur, helping them camouflage in trees.

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Rnbw TIL an American college student disappeared during spring break in Mexico, only to have his body found in a drug running cult’s ranch with his brain in a cauldron.
69WgW TIL about John Smeaton, a former baggage handler at Glasgow Airport. He helped thwart the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack by kicking one of the attackers in the groin. He was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his actions.
vy0j TIL Geordi La Forge of Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by Levar Burton, was named after a Star Trek fan who died from muscular dystrophy.
6VMQ TIL: A woman gave a man a blowjob. She kept the condom and used it to inseminates herself. The man was required to pay child support.
GaeJ TIL: South Africa has no legally defined capital city. Power is shared between Cape Town (Parliament), Bloemfontein (Administrative), Pretoria (President & Cabinet) and Johannesburg (Constitutional Court).