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TIL: 2 and 3 toed sloths are more distant evolutionary relatives than humans and chimpanzees, 30m vs 6m years

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yV0nv TIL Abraham Lincoln was a distant cousin to the father-and-son presidents WH and Benjamin Harrison.
R7Kj9 TIL that the words to the Algerian National Anthem were written by the activist Zakaria with his own blood after being tortured by the French colonialists in prison
9YLDr TIL in the Aymara language, the past is considered to be in front while the future is behind. Linguists believe this is a visual conception, as you are able to see what is in front like you are able to know the past, but you are unable see what is behind like you are unable to know the future.
DyMD TIL that the hole at the end of the human penis is called a “meatus”.
WljL TIL that Americans use and discard 500 million straws a day, an amount that would fill 125 school buses.