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TIL, a group of zebras can be called a "dazzle" of zebras.

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YlP7 TIL of the Rice Bucket Challenge, a variant of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which involves donating a bucket of rice to a poor person or family.
d8MEd TIL that "Nguyen," the most common Vietnamese surname, is the 9th most common surname in the Czech Republic/Czechia.
yxww TIL the US government has concluded 51% of Americans make under $30,000, annually
AVdx TIL that the programmer for the Original Doom, John Carmack, broke into a school to steal an Apple II computer using home-made thermite; he later went to juvenile detention and forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Ne9e TIL Scientists are developing a method of erasing negative emotional memories (like a break-up) using mild electric shocks.