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TIL sloths, although slow in almost all aspects of life, mate in just 5 seconds

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lXGG TIL a World of Warcraft player had 36 accounts on 11 computers simultaneously and raided by himself
Y7vPx TIL that Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon, also considered killing other famous figures prior to killing Lennon: David Bowie, Elizabeth Taylor, and Johnny Carson were on the list.
XEwyX TIL Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult known for the 1995 Tokyo Subway Gas attacks, had made plans to manufacture and distribute AK-47's to their members, even going as far as to purchase an old iron works factory and build their own prototype.
KYBKJ TIL during production of “Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit”, 250 people, 43 Gromits, 35 Wallaces, 2.8 tonnes of Plasticine and one Austin A35 van, went into the movie, producing 3 seconds of usable footage per day
ANDeg TIL that when Abraham Lincoln took off his Stovepipe Hat to give his first Inaugural Address, he awkwardly looked around for a place to put it. The losing Presidential Candidate, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, stepped forward, said “Permit me,” and took the hat to hold on his knee during the address.