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TIL a group of vultures that is feeding is called a wake

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Wy0Y TIL Victor Hugo once asked his publisher how his novel “Les Miserables” was doing with a telegram consisting only of “?”. The publisher’s response was “!”
yQAWV TIL that during the Mexican-American war, a battalion made up of mostly Irishmen called "St Patrick's Battalion" fought against the Americans, and when caught, were executed, making it the largest mass execution in United States history
yZeV TIL that there is a law in São Paulo that prohibits advertising such as that of outdoor posters.
WkKn9 TIL that the US Army field tested the use of camels in the American Southwest before the Civil War
yVlma TIL that the genetic disorder Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue are gradually replaced by bone (ossified), forming bone outside the skeleton. People with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva are generally born with malformed big toes