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TIL sloth’s hands work opposite from our own. They close to relax and exert energy to open, which is what allows them to hang from the canopy for extended periods of time and sleep while hanging from a tree.

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jNbWp TIL that before roads were a thing, roadrunners were called Chaparral Cocks
1a9VD TIL That the Hadza tribe from Tanzania find honey by whistling a special tune to a "honeyguide" bird that then leads them to a nearby bee hive.
yQ4Zv TIL that when Samuel Fuller left Hollywood to fight in WW2, he refused offers for desk jobs and instead enlisted as an infantryman, saw heavy fighting, and even liberated a concentration camp. Returning home with a Silver Star, he became one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
W7kQN TIL that the shortest recorded war in history lasted between 38 and 45 minutes and it's The Anglo-Zanzibar War, a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896
6EyDQ TIL there is a paleontologist named David Schwimmer, the same name as the actor who played paleontologist Ross Geller on Friends