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TIL the scientific name of Llamas is ‘Lama Glama’

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9kom TIL Blake Anderson (of Workaholics) proposed to his girlfriend on the spot when he had found out she was diagnosed with cancer.
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5Yko8 TIL that the Soviet Union was in talks with Nazi Germany to become a fourth Axis Power
5YrRB TIL that there is a Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame that was formed in 2013, honoring the greatest fictional athletes of all time. Inductees include Rocky Balboa, Happy Gilmore, Mr. Miyagi, and Benjamin Franklin "Benny the Jet" Rodriguez.
GDQg TIL in 1786, a 7.75 magnitude earthquake triggered a massive landslide that dammed the Dadu River in Sichuan, China, creating a huge lake. 10 days later, the dam broke and the resulting flood extended 1400 km (870 mi) downstream, killing 100,000 people.