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TIL in Iceland, people protested construction of a highway in fear of disturbing local elf habitat.

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69Am8 TIL In 1990, a game called "KZ Manager" was released, where you play the part of a Nazi Concentration Camp Commandant. The game is a 'rollercoaster tycoon' style management game and is banned in Germany.
VMyom TIL about Superfecundation and Superfetation. Rare but possible in humans, in Superfecundation the mother produces several eggs at the same time, they are fertilized by different fathers, and she has twins. Superfetation is when a woman ovulates while pregnant and has two pregnancies at once.
R5Lxj TIL that sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins. Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes and are actually very good swimmers.
WkGO4 TIL that Father's Day sees the most collect calls
LmbQ TIL the standard “headphone jack” connector has been roughly the same since 1878