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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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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 08:13AM by RoyalFlushAKQJ10
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TIL that airport officials in Bulgaria seized two million baby eels that had been hidden in luggage. The eels, known as elvers, had been declared food items. It’s a critically endangered species and cannot be exported outside the region.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 02:20PM by Numerous-Lemon
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TIL an African grey parrot named "Nigel," who spoke with a British accent, went missing from his California home. When he was returned 4 yrs later via his microchip to his British-American owner, Nigel was able to speak Spanish & sing bars from the theme of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 04:32PM by Miskatonica
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TIL that a fully-preserved dinosaur tail, still covered in delicate feathers, was found. It is 99 million years old.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 04:27PM by MysticPato
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TIL that Longyou Grottoe, which are no less than 2,000 years old, represent one of the largest underground excavations of ancient times. Scientists from around the world have absolutely no idea how they were built, by whom, and why.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 02:44PM by zenona_motyl
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TIL the Pyramids are so well built that when a Sultan's workers tried to destroy a small Pyramid 3000 years after its construction, they could only move 1-2 stones a day and gave up after creating only a gash after eight months
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 09:06PM by englishmaan
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TIL about Superhabitable planets. This is a recent definition/category of planets or moons that must meet much more criteria than just being in the "Habitable Zone/Goldilocks Zone". No planet or moon has met these criteria as of yet, although the planet Kepler-442b is the closest to this definition.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 08:00PM by Poopiepants666
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TIL The Show "Extreme Makeover" was cancelled because a woman committed suicide after she felt guilty that producers forced her to make negative comments about her sister, a participant on a canned episode of the show.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 09:24PM by dociousmagocious1998
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TIL the Native American greeting of "How" in many Westerns was a real greeting used by speakers of Lakota-Sioux. The word was used only between men.
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Submitted March 23, 2020 at 07:10PM by marmorset
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TIL that an average NFL game has just 11 minutes of live play. The rest of the time is devoted to over 100 commercials, 17 minutes of replay and around 75 minutes is spent watching players, coaches, and referees essentially loiter on the field.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 03:17AM by TheINTL
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TIL about Scott and Helen Nearing, who bought acreage in the Great Depression and lived off the land until a ski resort saw their property value soar to $6 million. Deciding they'd done nothing to justify the increase, they donated the land to use as a forest, moved to Maine, and lived to age 99.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 03:05AM by JayBrock
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TIL The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse is Charles Entertainment Cheese, and he has a depressing backstory. He grew up as an orphan at St. Marinara’s Orphanage, and because he never had his own birthday, he fills the void by hosting birthday parties for everyone else.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 07:36AM by _CAD3_
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TIL that the reason we refer to people as redheads instead of more accurately as “orangeheads” is because both the fruit and the word to describe its color doesn’t enter the English language until the 1300’s.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 03:26AM by 17EAndersen
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TIL when a clothing company called The South Butt was asked to cease and desist by The North Face, they complied, then turned around and created "Why Climb Mountains," featuring The Butt Face.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 05:43AM by MaddKat94
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TIL about the Golden Fantasy. The Golden fantasy is a secret expectation that all of one's problems can be solved by interaction with a perfect and all-caring relationship figure. The fantasy can be found both in psychotherapy and in ordinary life.
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Submitted March 24, 2020 at 12:32PM by ZenChemist
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