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TIL that a group of crows is called a murder.

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X0jM8 TIL that Claude La Colombi, the priest who helped spread the Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion, was awaiting return to France from England when he was implicated in the false Popish plot and was eventually punished with exile to France.
p718 TIL that in 2007 a recording of the Kent State shootings was discovered that shows that guardsmen were ordered to fire. The DOJ determined there were insurmountable legal obstacles to reopening the case.
YpO9d TIL of ‘The third place’ which is a social surrounding seperate from home and work. It’s said that these places are vital for establishing a sense of place , and getting out of the social isolation routine.
pRMZ TIL on the first splashdown by a Soviet crew, the Soyuz capsule landed in the middle of blizzard ,punched through a frozen lake, went fully underwater and the lake above them froze over partially requiring an intense rescue operation lasting 9 hours under −22 °C.
Brn5k TIL Neanderthals practiced cannibalism