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TIL that domesticated llamas that are given too much attention by humans can suffer from a psychological disorder called Berserk Llama Syndrome, where the llamas view their handlers as fellow llamas, and actually become more violent and aggressive towards them

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wQ7J TIL Alaska was never meant to be separated from the rest of the United States, but would be linked when British Columbia also joined. Instead, the Alaska Purchase compelled British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation 3 months later.
9Yyw6 TIL of "A Counterblaste to Tobacco", an anti-smoking treatise written by King James VI in 1604. In it, he warns of the dangers of passive smoking as well as the damage to the lungs and brain
DKrr TIL that after dividing Poland with Nazi Germany, Joseph Stalin ordered the “liquidation” of the Polish officer corps in 1940, resulting in the mass execution of over 25,000 Poles in what came to be known as the Katyn Massacre.
P11pE TIL that a story exists in the mythology of the Chinook peoples where an anthropomorphic coyote is insulted, and later taught to catch salmon, by a talking pile of his own feces
KOvB9 TIL that potatoes and onions shouldn't be stored together because onions emit ethylene gas that spoils potatoes.