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TIL The phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” came from an advertising slogan created by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and R&R Partners in 2003. They hoped to rebrand Vegas as a place where visitors could let loose. The original phrase was “what happens here, stays here.”

WkbdL TIL that the award presented for the most battle ready ship is called the "Marjorie Sterrett" award. It is named after a 13 yr old girl who sent her allowance of 10 cents to the New York Tribune to help build warships for WWI. She asked that the next ship built be named "America".
Ypl4x TIL Theodore Roosevelt was the first siting president to take an international trip (Panama). Prior to this it was seen taboo, citizens did not want the president mingling with royalty. Changes in America's foreign policy and barriers to travel made it a valuable part of the modern Presidency.
ydm8 TIL you can mail a coconut through the USPS with no packaging, you simply need to affix an address label and proper postage.
nMdB TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”. (pdf)
j6d7X TIL that the Thoroughbred racehorse Equipoise (1928–1938), mentioned in the song "Fugue for Tinhorns" from the 1950 musical 'Guys and Dolls', was a real-life stakes winner. While "Epitaph" is fictional, the American Quarter Horse stallion and racehorse Go Man Go was a great-grandson of Equipoise.