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TIL a flock of starlings is called a murmuration.

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x6emw TIL, the song 'One Night in Bangkok' was made for a musical called 'Chess', and was written & composed by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus (both of ABBA) and Tim Rice
J1gMQ TIL of Marianne Bachmeier who became famous in Germany after she shot the murderer of her daughter in an act of vigilantism in the hall of the District Court of Lübeck in 1981.
6E4dw TIL that Peter Mayhew, the actor for Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise, would occasionally deliver his lines in english to add context for the other actors. Most of the time Mayhew was silent and mimed the character; all of Chewbacca's iconic roars were added in later
VMQjB TIL that the Dragon’s Breath, the world’s second hottest pepper, was developed for its essential oil having potential as a skin anaesthetic, and later cultivated by a breeder who had not planned to breed the chili for record heat, but rather was trying to grow an attractive pepper plant.
4k9Ga TIL According to an archival study on hurricane deaths in the US between 1950 and 2012, hurricanes with feminine names tend to kill more people. This is because they're perceived as being not as dangerous as hurricanes with masculine names, leading to lower preparedness.