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TIL that sloths can hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes, surpassing dolphins in this regard.

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6X7J TIL that someone in Utah made a full scale real life version of the house from the Pixar’s movie ‘Up’
Y7X0r TIL the spikes on a stegosaurus were named after a Gary Larson comic
KYJ5G TIL the twin towns of Laufenburg, split by the High Rhine, built a bridge in 2004. Different sea level references—Mediterranean for Switzerland, North Sea for Germany—led to a 270 mm difference, which a sign error doubled to 540 mm in the middle of the bridge.
W76eX TIL that there is a species of deer (Water Deer) with long Sabertooth like fangs that are used purely for combat.
m1VGY TIL a message in a bottle thrown off the Titanic the day before she sank was discovered washed up on a Canadian beach in 2021, after drifting for nearly 100 years.