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TIL that sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins—up to 40 minutes—by slowing their heart rate to conserve oxygen

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Gra1 TIL Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, wrote: “Good thing I was too stupid to know this” on a academic report stating gas turbine aircraft engines were “beyond the realm of possibility”.
wLkp7 TIL of death sentence with reprieve, a punishment in which the criminal is given a two year suspended sentence before execution. By abstaining from additional crimes during the two years, the criminal can reduce the sentence to life imprisonment, or, by committing good deeds, a fixed-term sentence.
4kbbX TIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded "La Bamba" when he was 16.
Oo8Ja TIL Daler Mehndi, the man behind the Tunak Tunak Tun song is currently serving a 2-years prison sentence for human trafficking.
RDkl TIL that Cinderella’s slippers were not actually made of glass. A translation mistake from the original french version to english translated “vair” (fur) to “verre” (glass), which in french are pronounced exactly the same.