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TIL of guard llamas. Guard llamas are used in the protection of livestock like sheep and goats. They may make an alarm call that sound like a rusty hinge, or herd their charges into a tight group. They have been know to kill coyotes and other predators.

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16a74 TIL of Stephan Bibrowski, better known as Lionel the lion-faced man due to the 8 inch long hair that covered his entire face. Stephan's mother gave him away at the age of 4 as she had witnessed a lion mauling her husband while she was pregnant with Stephan, and thus viewed him as an abomination.
GKO1 TIL the movie “Ghostbusters” was inspired by actor Dan Aykroyd’s real-life interest in paranormal activity. In addition to his genuine belief in “spirits” (i.e. “ghosts”) Aykroyd is particularly enthusiastic about UFOlogy and openly admits to having had personal experiences with alien beings.
Z8YLG TIL: Woolly Mammoths were still alive by the time the pyramids at Giza were completed. The last woolly mammoths died out on Wrangel Island, north of Russia, only 4000 years ago, leaving several centuries where the pyramids and mammoths existed at the same time.
M7eR8 TIL The QBert arcade game had a special "knocker" inside the cabinet that would make a physical "knock" when QBert fell off the stage (landing inside the arcade cabinet.)
l1WN TIL a former lawyer, Jack Thompson. Was barred and fined $100,000 for numerously linking the Grand Theft Auto series to crimes with very little or no evidence at all.