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TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.

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OQW1 TIL that in WWII, the US Army asked Americans to loan their dogs to the war effort. The dogs’ handlers even sent letters home to their owners for Christmas and to inform them of their dog’s performance throughout the war.
dlvK TIL Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda after the The Legend of Zelda video games. Zelda Williams is a fan of her namesake and stated that Majora’s Mask is her favorite game.
kJrx1 TIL after the Tenerife disaster, KLM looked for their most senior pilot to lead the investigation, only to learn that he was the pilot responsible for the crash
OKBX TIL Marine biologists were on a nighttime dive searching for biofluorescent sea creatures in the coral reefs near the Solomon Islands when a hawksbill sea turtle glided in front of their cameras. The turtle was glowing green and red – the first biofluorescent reptile ever encountered in the wild.
P1O5E TIL about penitentes, spikes of snow that typically form in high-altitude areas. They can get as tall as 20 feet in the right conditions and are known to be very hard to break.