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TIL IIt takes about a month for sloths to digest their food.

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P99g TIL there is a neural condition called witzelsucht that causes people to speak in puns!
oBr68 TIL cognitive dissonance is a discomfort triggered when a person’s belief clashes with new evidence. When confronted with facts that contradict personal beliefs, people will find a way to resolve the contradiction in order to reduce their discomfort.
lo6EK TIL that during the Mariner 4 Mars mission in 1964, the scientists were so eager to see the first ever close up images of another planet that they printed out the numerical data and hand colored it with crayons instead of waiting for a processed image.
AxEB TIL that between 1970 and 1980, 2 billionaire brothers attempted to corner the silver market. They owned an estimated 1/3rd of the world supply when in 1980 the silver price collapsed with 80%. The brothers lost over a billion dollars.
Q4V9 TIL Custer’s only strategy for the Battle of Little Bighorn (his ‘last stand’) was to kidnap women, children, elderly and disabled and use them as human shields.