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TIL Camels originate from North America.

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Wkb44 TIL that US Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's mother and wife died on the same day. He drew a large X in his diary and wrote simply, "the light has gone out of my life."
DQg9v TIL of the 1981 film Roar, starring Tippi Hedren, her husband Noel Marshall , her daughter Melanie Griffith and Noel's two sons. It has been described as "the most dangerous film ever made" in which they used wild, untrained animals. Although no deaths occured, numerous serious injuries did.
rQmW TIL the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s
YG7A TIL a Nearly 2,000 year old loaf of bread was found during excavations in Herculaneum, and has been recreated by The British Museum.
gwL4 TIL Tallinn, the capital of Estonia used to be named Lyndanisse, which in translation means Linda’s tits.