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TIL that among their other duties, US Marshalls are, in essence, bailiffs for US federal courthouses.

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ZkAR TIL Nestlé admitted that slave labor was involved in the production of its Fancy Feast catfood brand in Thailand.
yQjrw TIL in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The actress who played Aunt Bethany was the original voice of Betty Boop. This was her last movie.
8aPYZ TIL that chameleon bones glow in the dark, under ultra-violet light, even through skin
DQGdY TIL that as a young college football coach, John Madden once attended a clinic taught by Vince Lombardi. Lombardi talked for 8 hours about a single play, the power sweep. Confident in his knowledge before the clinic, when it was over, Madden came out thinking he knew nothing about football
X0E9j TIL the most distant individual star we've ever seen, Earendel, was detected because of a chance alignment of the Hubble telescopes instruments and a huge galaxy cluster that warped space and acted as a gravitational lens.