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TIL: That Sloths have been around for 64 million years

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J9mk TIL in October, 2014, General Motors complained that the newly sourced Flint water supply was causing corrosion at a local engine plant. GM switched back to Detroit’s Lake Huron supply, meanwhile residents complained about the smell and taste of their drinking water, which they were assured was safe
d874Z TIL Robin Williams was interested for the role of Hagrid (Harry Potter) but was rejected due to the "all-British and Irish cast" policy
6KOZ TIL In 2003, a panel of prominent US experts decried Americans’ ignorance of outside world and argued that Americans’ reluctance to study foreign civilizations could eventually become a threat to national security.
xvG5 TIL kale, broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, collard greens, and Chinese kale are all actually the same species. They have been selectively bred like dog and cat varieties
eeND TIL a cluster of graves discovered in rural Connecticut in 1990, initially feared to be the work of a known serial killer, was merely the result of a vampire scare a century earlier.