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TIL sloths only poo once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight with one poo. They come down from trees and dig a hole to poo in, and no one is sure why they risk their lives to do this

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BrOGy TIL Nike factory workers in Vietnam earn $0.61 to $0.89 Per Hour with women making up 80% of the workforce there
eppb5 TIL that the highest-ranking US military officer of Vietnamese descent is the only survivor of a family whose killer was photographed being shot in the head in a Pulitzer-winning photograph.
grO77 TIL, the reason you hold your hand up in court when you take the oath is that centuries ago, criminals were branded on the hand. Different letters were used in England, F for Liar, T for Thief, F for Fugitives, R for Rogue, V for Vagabond, and P for Perjury.
XDNX TIL That Lockheed Martin test pilots carry the wallets and car keys of the chief aircraft engineers as a sign of good faith.
WKMN TIL Around the 16th century, there was a chamber in the fortress of Biertan (Romania) where all the couples that wanted to divorce were forced to live with only one item of everything: one bed, one spoon, one chair, etc. before breaking up. Only one couple in 300 years ended up divorcing.