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TIL That there were elephant-sized sloths that lived on the ground as recently as 1500 BC in the islands of the Caribbean, meaning that they lived alongside humans

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e0BBb TIL to verify the hypothesis that some Canadian drivers intentionally run over reptiles, research in 2007 found that 2.7% of drivers intentionally hit reptile decoys masquerading as snakes and turtles. Indeed, several drivers were observed speeding up and positioning their cars to hit the reptiles.
8aVBL TIL Christmas for children in Australia means kangaroos (called "boomers") pulling Santa Claus throughout the country. Children leave beer out for Santa Claus because it's summertime in Australia and very hot!
8aB7P TIL The kid from the Anti Smoking ad I remember seeing on TV after school was Rob McElhenney (Mac from Always Sunny).
6nvQ TIL that John Argyropoulos, a humanist scholar who escaped the fall of Constantinople and tutored Lorenzo D'Medici died of consuming too much watermelon.
VBY78 TIL that there was at least one Kennedy family member in federal elective office from 1947, when John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts, until 2011 when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of Congress from Rhode Island.