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

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N7E1P TIL the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit has pastoral responsibility over the Cayman Islands
d8mOB TIL in 1972 Canadian radio station CBC held a poll to find a national simile (an answer to 'As American as apple pie'). The winning response was "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
XLVQ TIL that the stunt doubles for Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke’s bungee-jumping scene met on the day it was filmed. They’re now married.
BkEr TIL the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, and possibly Indian alphabets are all derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs via the Phoenician alphabet.
BrmlW TIL that Rick and Morty is based on the original animated series named Doc and Mharti, Back to the future too. And the origin is epic.