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TIL that a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.

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VBpa0 TIL although the Sovereign Military Order of Malta has no territory, it is often considered a sovereign entity of international law, issuing passports, money and postal stamps
woMAJ TIL In 1877, the annual side-by-side rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge on the Thames River ended in controversy when it was declared a tie. The decision came from the finishing judge, “Honest” John Phelps, who was over 70 years old and reportedly blind in one eye.
7rvK7 TIL About 70% of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster landed in Belarus, heavily contaminating one-fourth of the country, one-fifth of its agricultural land and affecting at least 7 million people.
1W0X TIL over 100 Doctor Who episodes were “taped over” by the BBC after airing and are likely lost forever, unless recorded on VHS, which was a rarer technology at that time.
nRmP TIL Steve Jobs could have avoided a premature death from cancer by having it properly treated, he refused it for 9 months, believing an alternative-medicine diet would be better. It was one of Steve Jobs’ most notable regrets.