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

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ZpD4p TIL on three occasions between 1922 and 1933, the Coca-Cola Company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola Company, which it declined on each occasion
1aG57 TIL pieces of Skylab were scattered around a part of Western Australia after its reentry into Earth. As a joke, the local government then fined NASA $400 for littering. It went unpaid for 30 years until a Californian DJ raised funds to pay the fine.
LkNGr TIL that all ships visiting the ancient city of Alexandria were obliged to surrender their books for immediate copying. The owners received a copy and the originals were placed in the Library of Alexandria
oRAwr TIL - Pad Thai was only invented in the 1930s - it's more contemporary than White Castle sliders or Nathan's hot dogs
vwl4 TIL Spring gets 30 seconds shorter every year due to a wobble in the Earth’s axis. Astronomer L. Gerstman: “The shift in the time of the vernal equinox becomes more apparent. Spring will be shortest in the year 8680, (88.5 days), or 4 days shorter than this year’s.” After that it will lengthen again