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TIL in 2004 Richard Dean Anderson was made an Honorary Air Force Brigadier General for positive portrayal of the Air Force on Stargate: SG-1

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J1j9k TIL about Shade Balls. Shade balls are small plastic spheres floated on top of a reservoir for environmental reasons, including to slow evaporation and prevent sunlight from causing reactions among chemical compounds present in the water.
gM9bA TIL of Steller's Sea Cow, which went extinct a mere 27 years after being discovered by Europeans. It was over-hunted for its meat.
woO6 TIL a mentally imbalanced man named Joshua Norton in the mid-1800’s declared himself “Emperor of the United States.” The people of his town were so amused that they respected his authority, doing things like actually taking the fake money that the “Emporer” issued in his own name.
Z1e4 TIL that there’s an island in Scotland that is inhabited by Wallabies.
VEpD TIL that a Pakistani soldier and a Malaysian soldier also died (along with the 18 Americans) trying to rescue the crashed American helicopter crews in Mogadishu during “Black Hawk Down”.