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TIL 12 camels were disqualified from a Saudi beauty pageant when a veterinarian was caught injecting their noses, lips, and jaw with botox to make them more attractive.

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5YDG9 TIL six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways and approached them on their own.
nWWmb TIL that in 1934, a German man named Gerhard Zucker attempted to deliver mail by loading it onto a rocket and firing it at a Scottish island. Both times he attempted this, the rocket exploded and much of the mail was destroyed.
MeQn0 TIL a group of American and German forces actually fought side by side during the last days of WWII to defend a castle against attacking SS forces
8aa8X TIL of the term "Sitzkrieg" which describes the lack of major military action during an active war, mainly describing the eight months of time between when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany before any major operations were executed.
OPog TIL All the books in Dumbledore’s office are just the Yellow Pages, rebound to appear old.