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

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GY5eE TIL Rober E Lee inherited his Father-in-law's plantation and instead of emancipating the enslaved people as instructed by the will; decided to run the plantation himself splitting families and being so cruel it led to a slave revolt.
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