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TIL that the scientific name of a llama is, Lama glama.

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gJwW TIL that in 1947, the US War Department released a short film about how racist and bigoted demagogy allowed the Nazis to rise to power in Germany, and warns Americans not to fall for similar demagogy propagated by American racists and bigots.
N88 TIL Medieval Peasants needed 4,000 - 5,000 calories a day much more than modern Americans need at 2,000 calories.
vPEYr TIL although the U.S. Code says that burning is the preferred method to dispose of a Flag, people also do so via flag burial.
Q5VL TIL there are Pacific Islanders with black skin and blond hair who’s DNA is the only type in the world to show more of a link to Denisovans than Neanderthals.
8aOwb TIL: Africa has a "stonehenge" older than Stonehenge. Built "to mark the summer solstice and the arrival of the monsoons," Nabta Playa, "the oldest stone circle in the world" is among "Earth’s oldest astronomical" observatories. Over 7000 years old, it was found mostly-buried in sand in the 1970s.