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TIL A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.

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yVBkv TIL the famous evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman married an already married man leading to massive controversy in early U.S. After their divorce 7 years later, she stated she actually wasn't married to him because she had fainted while saying her vows during the ceremony.
VMbQQ TIL about Benford's Law aka the first digit law which states in number sets all throughout nature including some very personal details about human beings; the aggregate numbers that will occur are in an almost predictable pattern.
nW9Yo TIL about the the nilgai, scientific name Boselaphus tragocamelus. The generic name Boselaphus comes from the combination of the Latin bos "cow/ox" and the Greek elaphos "deer". The specific name tragocamelus comes from two Greek words tragos "he-goat" and kamelos "camel". It is an antelope
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