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TIL of a French man who despite having most of his brain eroded, lives a relatively normal, healthy life as a civil servant married with two children

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xVAn7 TIL That there were elephant-sized sloths that lived on the ground as recently as 1500 BC in the islands of the Caribbean, meaning that they lived alongside humans
QJJB9 Next time: Slow and steady.
w0R6 TIL There was scandal that came to light in 2008 which involved judges giving harsh sentences to young people over relatively harmless crimes for kickbacks from private prison owners.
XXeP TIL Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe had a bet over who could go the longest without showering and still score with groupies. The bet ended after a groupie vomited pasta on Sixx’ shoes in the course of fellatio, which inspired the title of the Guns ‘N Roses album The Spaghetti Incident.
peXe TIL there’s a 13,000 square mile radio silence zone in the US where AM, FM, wifi, and cell signals are banned.