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TIL that pro bowling balls have specially shaped "weight blocks" inside them to change how the ball curves

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M7JWV TIL that the majority of recorded sloth deaths in Costa Rica are due to contact with electrical lines and poachers. Their claws also provide another; when hanging upside-down in a tree, they are held in place by the claws themselves and often do not fall down even if shot from below.
WkRmo TIL Everytime you shuffle a deck of cards, it is almost guaranteed you create an order of cards that has never existed before. You are literally making history. There are 52! possible combinations, more than there are stars in the visible universe.
OoOKe TIL It is the year 5780, according to Judaism
BrPNe TIL Jack Parsons was one of the founders of NASA JPL and a pioneer of the American space program. He also practiced esoteric magic rituals, and was a devoted follower of British occultist Aleister Crowley, and his group, The Ordo Templis Orientis.
PYD5E TIL two Alaskan islands were occupied by Japan in WWII.