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TIL that in the Quechua culture, a future wife must pass the test of peeling the Llumchuy waqachi potato variety in a short time with a llama bone.

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XjND TIL of the Sea Peoples. A group of raiders that nearly toppled ancient Egypt. We know nothing about where they came from or who they were.
wbBo TIL of the ‘loneliest organism’ in the world. A single, lone cycad tree, the dominant tree during the dinosaur era, was discovered in Africa in 1895. They have yet to find a mate to pollinate it.
kJGVE TIL the smallest known insects are wasps and that the family they belong to contains around 1400 species, collectively known as fairy wasps or fairyflies. They include the world’s smallest flying insect, barely bigger than the width of a human hair.
5Y5aQ TIL of Operation Vegetarian a British WWII project to introduce anthrax into German beef and dairy herds and possibly spread to the human population.
OOK7 TIL in Burma, drunk driving is punishable by either six months in jail, or USD 50 cents fine, or both.