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TIL: That Sloths have been around for 64 million years

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QJO1L TIL of Herman Francis Mark, an Austrian scientist and son of a Jew, who chose to flee Austria in 1938. He clandestinely bought platinum wire, worth roughly $50,000, which he bent into coat hangers while his wife knitted covers so that the hangers were able to be taken out of the country
wlV7 TIL Hamburg, Germany has over 2400 bridges, which is more than London, Amsterdam and Venice put together.
EMjx TIL Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks’ brother, does Woody’s voice in video games and merchandise
W7V88 TIL that comedian Streeter Seidell, formerly of CollegeHumor, has written for Saturday Night Live since 2014 and became co-head writer in 2022.
0D8M TIL that in 2009, before specific whistleblower protection laws, two nurses in TX were fired and charged with unrelated felonies after reporting unsafe medical care from a physician they worked under