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TIL that alpacas hum, especially when young. They hum to signal distress, but also when they're curious or happy.

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YpZ7r [TIL] that Isaac Wright (Bran on GOT) had to leave university after only 8 weeks because of all the attention he got. People had his flat address and his email address. He was even assigned a campus police officer at one point. When his then girlfriend came to visit they hid in his room for a week.
Nlb6 TIL titanium can osseointegrate, which means that it can fuse with bones and is one of the reasons why it is used extensively in biomedical implants
KOG1J TIL that the Navajo Nation Indian reservation has its own elected president. The office was created in 1991 with the current president being Jonathan Nez.
xpNg TIL when her son showed signs of mental illness, the mother of the Virginia Tech shooter sought an exorcism from a church rather than mental health professionals
wEeP TIL A child was born who was the nearest medical example of a virgin birth, most of his cells contained genetic material only from his mother