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TIL That McDonald's Created Bubble Gum Flavored Broccoli in 2014

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YpArx TIL: The game Chinese checkers was created in Germany
W7jx4 TIL H.Kramer, author of the most popular work on witchcraft in early modern Europe and largely responsible for the witch hunting craze, was initialy condemned by theologians in his native Germany. They deemed his practices unethical and illegal, and his work inconsistent with catholic views.
6EyP8 TIL a baby llama is called a cria
JY9k1 TIL Sherpa people have a small number of names and children are often called by days of the week. They also give names according to certain virtues. By mistake of the enumerators in Nepal, their nationality was added as a surname. Otherwise, they have no last name.
ADOyw TIL that famed Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov died of AIDS contracted during a blood transfusion.