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TIL A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.

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loQxK TIL about the Pricolici and the Strigoi- the original vampires an werewolves
N7EnE TIL Nasa has/had M113 APCs should they need to carry out a rescue mission to the launch pad holding the Space Shuttle. The status of M113 is unknown.
lo7Dr TIL 6 masterpieces for solo piano were discovered to great excitement, and confirmed by the leading experts to be genuine works by Haydn. They were later proved not to be by him, and are now largely ignored; despite them being genuinely original music which had the aficionados enthralled.
yVWDl TIL after the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ended, one of its exhibitions, The Ohio Building, was sold at auction. It was then mounted on skids and dragged to the marina where it was pulled aboard two barges and embarked on its voyage floating to San Carlos harbor.
Zp8ga TIL about “The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho” where you can be murdered for playing music. “After one Famo musician allegedly shot another in 2004, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs.” This has now led to Lesotho having the sixth-highest homicide rate in the world.