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TIL sloth sex takes only 5 seconds.
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TIL that in July 2018, Russian scientists collected and analysed 300 prehistoric worms from the permafrost and thawed them. 2 of the ancient worms revived and began to move and eat. One is dated at 32,000 years old, the other 41,700 years old.
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TIL when John Connally died in 1993, there was a petition to recover the fragments of the bullet that hit him in Kennedy's assassination, hoping to disprove the single bullet theory. Department of justice replied that it would approve if Connally's family gave permission, which they refused to give.
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TIL of a Black cat-eating festival in Peru "rooted in culinary pragmatism when slaves lived on cotton plantations and had little else to eat." - Reuters (2001)
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TIL about Prince Rupert's Drops, glass formed like a tadpole in which the bulb portion is Essentially Unbreakable, until the tip of the tail is snapped, in which case the form explodes.
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TIL that some members of the Sama-Banjau ethnic group intentionally rupture their ear drums at a young age in order to improve their ability to dive & hunt at sea. This allows them to dive for extended periods of time between varying depths without worrying about pain from water pressure changes