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TIL that the original Honda CR-V included a folding picnic table

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884L TIL a large group of flamingos is called a flamboyance
Wkpn9 TIL that scientists discovered sharks that are living in an active underwater volcano. Divers cannot investigate because they would get burns from the acidity and heat.
69GBW TIL that after the film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium was used as a joke in the final season of Breaking Bad, the film's writer and director completely disowned it and admitted that it was a train wreck.
lorYA TIL NASA officially banned consuming Alcohol in space in 1972 after sherry was proposed for Skylab meals, but it never really went away. “NASA will tell you there is no alcohol aboard the ISS” says astronaut Clayton Anderson. “As a person who lived there for five months, I’ll tell you that’s bogus."
YDJd TIL there was a ship that hit a shoal, then ran aground. Its lifeboat’s engine failed. The first ship that tried to help it also ran aground, then a rescue aircraft tried to land on the nearby coast but dug into the dirt. Four days later, it was fixed, took off, then crashed again 43 minutes later.