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TIL there are actually six degrees of burns

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5YBWQ TIL that A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by the real-life events of Cambodian men who suffered from PTSD and died of fright from their vivid nighmares
rXg0 TIL the orange colour of the carrot was result of Dutch cultivation in the 17th Century, when patriotic growers turned a vegetable which was then purple into the colour of the national flag
9w6nB TIL about the existence of the Vietnamese 'Tarzan': Ho Van Lang. He lived in the Tra Bong district jungle for decades. Ho Van Lang passed away due to cancer at age 52.
ZGRD TIL the Texas Longhorns of 1920 fattened up, cooked and served their mascot at a football banquet, due to not having the money to take care of him
d8nwQ TIL that a Guard Llama is a real thing, not a joke. They are used in the Western USA by ranchers to guard livestock.