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TIL the collective noun for flamingos is a “flamboyance”.

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Av74 TIL that 14th US President Franklin Pierce recited his 3,319-word inaugural address from memory, without the aid of notes.
QNB7E TIL there are 10,000 mysterious man made caves in Mustang, Nepal . Archaeologists found 2,000–3,000-year-old partially mummified human bodies and Buddhist art. Likely used as burial chambers around 1000 BC and later as homes in the 14th century, but who built them and why remains a mystery.
ADpb4 TIL That for almost 300 years, the office of the pope was almost certainly a death sentence. 28 of the first 31 consecutive popes were violently murdered.
w5WJ TIL some websites bump up their prices for people who are visiting on a MAC, because MAC owners are willing to pay more.
kOW4m TIL the tail of a comet can reach 1 million km long