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TIL: That Sloths have been around for 64 million years

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9Y6yX TIL that legendary mountain man Jim Bridger loved telling tall tales, his favorite being the story about his pursuit by 100 Cheyenne warriors ending in him being closed in at the end of a canyon. At this point he would stop, and when inevitably asked what happened next, would reply "they killed me."
8ZrX TIL farmers in Botswana have started painting eyes on their cows bottoms to stop lions from attacking them.
J1jOB TIL The Japanese art form of Kusôzu, which means “painting of the nine stages of a decaying corpse”, portrays the sequential decay of a cadaver, usually female, in graphic detail. The paintings are meant to encourage contemplation on the repulsive aspects of the body and discourage sexual desire.
wLMZ1 TIL that Bob Horner of the Atlanta Braves hit 4 home runs in a single game, but they still lost.
nGaG TIL that RJ Mitte, Walt Jr on “Breaking Bad” has Cerebral Palsy in real life just like his character did on the show, except he doesn’t use crutches in real life. He also plays a disabled person on the show “Separated at Birth”, who is in a wheel chair.