Trivia Of The Day May 8

The collective noun for starlings is a murmuration. The name may come from the sound their wings make when a vast cloud of them sweeps through the skies. 

The Löwenmensch figurine a lion-headed figurine from the Swabian Alps in Germany is the oldest known statue in the world,, dating to 30,000-40,000 years ago. 

Löwenmensch By Thilo Par

George Washington caught smallpox during a trip to Barbados in 1760. As a result he was permanently scarred.

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