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TIL Alpacas can die of loneliness, when bought they always need to be bought in pairs.

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oaML TIL of a phenomenon, called Coffin Birth, where fetuses are naturally “birthed” by their recently deceased mothers.
pYeDO TIL John Wojtowicz, who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden's gender reassignment surgery. Wojtowicz had based his plans on the movie, "The Godfather" (1972), which he had watched earlier that day
Jbgj TIL There is a plant that mimics the anus of a dead animal, in order to attract flies for pollination.
WkeKA TIL The chicken was first domesticated as early as 10,000 years ago for fighting, not food, and humans only started eating chicken about 2,400 years ago
geQA TIL that Wilhelm Furtwängler, a leading German conductor, called Hitler a “hissing street pedlar” and an “enemy of the human race”. He also refused to give the Nazi salute, wrote public letters denouncing antisemitism, and once got into a shouting match with Hitler over Nazi cultural policy.