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TIL that the scientific name for llamas is “Lama glama”

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NLyP TIL Cameron Lyle, a college senior track and field athlete was awarded the NCAA’s Award of Valor in 2013 for ending his collegiate career one month early, ending his chances for a gold medal, in order to be a bone marrow donor to a 28 year old father with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
mopx TIL Stephen Colbert once took over a public access cable show in Michigan to interview Eminem on the air
66Ql TIL Germans have a tool which breaks eggs perfectly called a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher.
b189 TIL the only photos taken at the moment Robert Kennedy was shot were seized by the LAPD, ordered sealed for 20 years, and when finally set to be released were stolen from the car of the courier transporting them
8aRkP TIL of the S.S. Eastland which became too top heavy and capsized killed 846 people after adding lifeboats to meet federal requirements after the Titanic sunk.