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TIL a flock of starlings is called a murmuration.

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mxd1R TIL in 1988, Greek cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos flew 119 km from Crete to Santorini in an MIT-built aircraft powered only by pedals, paying tribute to the mythical flight of Daedalus and Icarus
R1jj TIL that the reason the snooze on a clock is 9 minutes is because in the 1950s, they had to make snooze gears fit onto the existing clock mechanics. Unable to use 10, they chose 9 minutes.
X0JxD TIL that actor Brad Renfro, child/teen star in The Client and Tom and Huck, was "discovered" through connections with his D.A.R.E. officer. He passed away from an overdose in 2008 at the age of 25.
mxDMp TIL that John F. Kennedy's brother, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated as well, by a 22 year old palestinian christian
GA9P4 TIL Maria Sabina was an indigenous medicine woman who introduced the western world to psilocybin. Her community's rituals were appropriated for power and fame, and she died in poverty.