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TIL a group of vultures around a carcass is called a “wake”.

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nMVG TIL Brazil is larger than the contiguous United States
Mea8 TIL the Jalapeno Pepper is actually red, and is picked before it is ripe when it is green.
5V589 TIL Lyrics of the track "Duel of Fates" from Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace are in Sanskrit
gMpO4 TIL scientists managed to recreate the voice of a 3000-year-old mummified Egyptian priest. They produced a 3D-printed voice box based on a precise scan of his vocal tract, and then used the vocal tract with an artificial larynx sound, synthesising a vowel-like sound reminiscent of a sheep's bleat
OGJkX TIL Heaven Lake is a volcanic crater lake lies on the border between China and North Korea. It was recognized as the highest volcanic lake in the world by the Shanghai Office of the Guinness World Records