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TIL The Collective Noun is the term used for the noun that denotes a group of individual animals. Usually a colorful and descriptive noun that lets people know you are talking about a group and not one. Vultures have one of the Largest Numbers of Collective Nouns based on what they are doing.

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e0l46 TIL Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith first met his doppelganger, actor Will Ferrell, at the premier of the film The Ladies Man. After the two finally met, Ferrell looked at Smith and said, completely deadpan, “You are very handsome” before walking away.
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wO7M TIL Jim Cummings, The voice actor for Winnie the pooh, calls sick kids in hospitals and talks to them in character.
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