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TIL if young alpacas see humans as part of their own herd, they will sniff at your crotch areas or feet, pull shoelaces, rub up against you, or lie down and roll over on your feet like a dog to establish dominance.Very young males mount their mothers while they are seated in imitation of adult males

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e0BOJ TIL that after earning the Medal of Honor, John Basilone was offered an officer’s commission and stateside duty but refused. He instead volunteered again for combat and was killed in Iwo Jima while guiding a tank through a minefield on foot. For these actions, he was awarded the Navy Cross.
4EEo TIL that the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue was taken at the end of his 72nd birthday celebration. A photographer tried to persuade him to smile for the camera for a last time, but having smiled for photographers many times that day, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead.
lory7 TIL: Amish beards have no mustache because they associate them with the military, and they're pacifists
KYnw TIL Catholic priests were ordered to be celibate so that the church’s riches would not be “shared or inherited” away to the priests’ families.
oB9KE TIL that Oxford University tradition is that all students wear a carnation as well as academic dress to their exams. The colour of the carnation is white for the first exam, red for the last and pink for each one in between.