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TIL San Martín's Square in Lima has a statue of a woman wearing a llama on her head because the sculptor was told to give her a crown of flames (llamas in Spanish), and he misunderstood the order.

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0wB5L TIL John Edward Allen, who was hired by Ozzy Osbourne as a "personal dwarf" in 1981-83 and renamed by Ozzy as "Ronnie" to mock Ronnie James Dio, also acted in movies such as Blade Runner. He was hung on stage every night as part of the show. He died of an overdose at the age of 49.
krp4 TIL that a teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.
l7Nwr TIL that "Macgyver" started off as "Hourglass," a show that was to take place in real time over an hour. However, since each episode was supposed to stand by itself, its creator thought that they couldn't make it work as a series. The same concept was later used to make "24."
0Qnj TIL: Today I learned about ghost flowers, a flowering plant with no chlorophyll.
l7MrA TIL the first non-stop transatlantic flight happened in 1919. Two British aviators, J. Alcock and A. Brown, flew from Canada to Ireland, completing the trip in just under sixteen hours. On the way, they lost radio contact and heating, and flew through fog and snow, freezing in the open plane.