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TIL that a group of crows is called a murder.

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xVr60 TIL that a topless, laid-back statue of Abraham Lincoln stands at a federal court in Los Angeles; sculptor James Lee Hansen explained in 1941 that "from a sculpturing standpoint, it’s better to show the body without any clothes, [so] that’s why I left ’em off"
yQ9me TIL The Batman movies left out The Joker for 19 years. He appeared in Batman (1989 - Jack Nicholson) and reappeared in The Dark Knight (2008 - Heath Ledger) .
4Xvwg TIL that before killing targets involved in the 1972 Munich Massacre, MOSSAD agents would send flowers with a condolence card reading: "A reminder we do not forget we do not forgive" to their families
Zp7wG TIL about Jambo, a gorilla that protected a child who fell into his enclosure in 1986
PYrke TIL In 1941, the NKVD (precursor to the KGB) executed around 100,000 people in the space of 5 months.