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TIL Mardi Gras is a Christian liturgical day called "Shrove Tuesday," and in some parts is more commonly known as "Pancake Tuesday."

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5exR TIL in Michael Crichton’s novel “Jurassic Park,” John Hammond states that the pre-recorded park tour is narrated by Richard Kiley, who later played the same role in the film, marking perhaps the first time that a celebrity named as a book character was later cast as him/herself in a film adaptation.
awNXL TIL there is a town in the US state of Maine that is just called "E"
4knoX TIL a Korean Air jet due to stop in Anchorage was almost shot down on Sept. 11 due to miscommunications.
NX0De TIl about RM Colonel Mark Nicholas Grey who in 1993 helped save thousands of life’s in Croatia by exceeding his authority and opening a spill way gate at Peruća Dam after the Serbs detonated explosives on it. His actions lowered water levels by several meters and the dam did not fail
1av5r TIL about Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer who won a 544 mile ultramarathon in 1983, which he ran wearing overalls and workboots, by not sleeping for 5 days. He let the other 5 finishers split the A$10,000 prize.