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TIL that a Guard Llama is a real thing, not a joke. They are used in the Western USA by ranchers to guard livestock.

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gvGX TIL the Oxford English Dictionary cites The Beastie Boys as being responsible for coining the term “mullet” in 1994 to refer to the popular 1980s hairstyle.
6Q6Q TIL that putting hemorrhoid cream on your chest and waist can make you appear more muscular. The cream draws water from the skin and reduces swelling. Some bodybuilders use this technique.
DQoaP TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) had a script in the original trilogy and would talk to Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and the other cast on set in English, in order to queue them to say their line. The wookie 'voice' was added post editing.
yg8w TIL Arunachalam Muruganantham invented a simple method to produce low-cost sanitary pads in India. It took 4.5 years, his wife & mother left, & he was expelled from his village.“Luckily I’m not educated.If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop. You have no fear of the future”
70oL TIL that Quaker Oats once fed radioactive Oats to mentally handicapped children to study its effects.