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TIL the country with highest number of camels is Australia

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7QoP TIL that the folklore of the indigenous people of Flores, Indonesia tells of short, hairy humanoids who spoke their own language. In 2003, archaeologists found fossils of dwarf humanoids on Flores – which were 13,000 years old.
Lkj0p TIL a loofah (luffa) is a type of plant. It can dry out to become a "sponge," but it can also be used in cooking.
pr0A TIL that Bluetooth was named after a Danish king, and the logo is a rune-ligature composed of his initials.
O6ng TIL Beethoven, after the first performance of Symphony No. 9, had to be turned around to receive the audience’s roaring applause due to his near complete deafness.
d8VyE TIL, the U.S once had a Camel Corps for the military and over 1000 were imported. After the Civil War the experimented ended and as result small feral herds existed with the last sighting in 1891