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TIL a large group of flamingos is called a flamboyance

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R7PjQ TIL that in 1996, an American citizen swam across a Chinese river into North Korea on a drunken dare. He got caught, was held and imprisoned under suspicion of being a spy, but was eventually released back to the U.S. He committed suicide a few weeks later.
R7YP1 TIL about the blue men of the desert, the Touareg people. Their indigo colored clothing stains their skin blue and the women in their matrilineal society enjoy a high status
jNkYj TIL that a man survived the initial Vesuvius explosion in Pompeii, but was crushed by a flying boulder while fleeing.
9YvRr TIL during filming Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins was so terrifying as Hannibal Lecter, Jodie Foster was scared of him and avoided him while on set.
R5ZJa TIL One of the most notorious rotten boroughs in the UK before the Great Reform Act of 1832 was Dunwich, a constituency that had mostly flooded after the sea had encroached upon the town. While only 232 people remained by 1831, it still sent 2 MPs to Parliament.