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TIL a baby llama is called a cria

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GAyKJ TIL: That the Beijing Weather Modification Office were enlisted by the Chinese government to ensure that the 2008 Summer Olympics were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards the capital and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead.
G4kQ TIL The Parental Advisory sticker eventually came into being after Tipper Gore heard her 11-year old daughter listening to Prince’s “Darling Nikki”, causing her to co-found Parents Music Resource Center
w9K8 TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it
4XrA6 TIL Newton Minow, then FCC chairman, called television a "vast wasteland" in 1961. In his "honor", Sherwood Schwartz named the ship on Gilligan's Island after him in 1964. Minow is still alive at 94.
mxGap TIL Creator of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, is forbidden to go to work with a bicycle because his safety is too valuable