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TIL the CEO and co-founder of Spotify was also CEO of uTorrent

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wL6gJ TIL that South America was once inhabited by giant sloths (Megatherium). It weighed up to 4 tonnes (similar to a present day elephant) and on its hind legs it would have stood 3.5m (12ft), which make it the largest bipedal mammal of all time. It lived from ca 400'000 ago until ca 8'000 ago.
KO466 TIL in 2005 there was an erroneous Emergency Alert TV/radio broadcast in Connecticut that called for the evacuation of the entire state. Residents did not evacuate, and the most common response was to simply change the channel.
D84D TIL Geddy Lee, the bassist for Rush, does not use amps while on stage and instead fills the empty space behind him with unique items such as Maytag dryers filled with Rush t-shirts or rotisserie ovens complete with a chef.
1aEaO TIL that the 1912 short "Saved from the Titanic" was made only 29 days after the sinking of the RMS Titanic and starred one of the survivors. It is now lost.
dDkn9 TIL a Japanese submarine used to attack Sydney Australia was later painted yellow by college students inspired by the Beatles song