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TIL the scientific name of Llamas is ‘Lama Glama’

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rRDby TIL Ken & Barbie were originally modeled after their founder's children. So Ken & Barbie were kind of...siblings.
1Q6O TIL Robert Englund, famous for playing Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” was auditioning for “Apocalypse Now” when he noticed auditions for “Star Wars” across the hall. He thought his friend Mark Hamill was perfect for the role of Luke Skywalker, and he suggested Hamill audition for it.
gMgPW TIL pope Benedict IX is the only person who has been pope on more than one occasion. He was notorious for selling the papacy and reclaiming the office afterwards twice, making him pope three times in 1032 to 1044, from April to May 1045 and from 1047 to 1048.
JYj9v TIL The Hersheys Kisses Christmas commercial is the Longest-Running Product Commercial. Ever. The promo has aired every holiday season since its debut in 1989.
awxKb TIL The medieval "plague costume" beak was for smell — it was filled with herbs to mask the smell of the dying. Modern nurses do a similar thing in hospitals today. It is common for nurses to rub alcohol under their nose, under a respirator or face mask, to hide the scent of a patient's wounds.