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R7KRQ TIL Mongolian custom called ´coaxing ritual for camels´, when a female camel is rejecting her new-born calf, or to adopt an orphaned calf. The rite consists of playing music, the melody gradually induce deep feelings and so touches the female camel making her less aggressive and even cry.
BgxwL TIL about ‘Whipping Tom’, the pseudonym for two different sexual predators, who attacked and spanked dozens of women in Stuart London. They generated so much concern that many women began to arm themselves and male vigilantes crossdressed in an attempted to apprehend them.
78gQZ TIL Elvis Presley's manager made money by selling "I Hate Elvis" badges to those who were not purchasing Elvis merchandise.
5V8Gp TIL Japan and especially Tokyo was not considered a clean place until the 1970s
xkD0 TIL That when Kazakhstan’s shooting team won a medal at a competition in Kuwait during the medal ceremony they played the Borat version of the national anthem