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TIL in 2010 the US Army marched through Red Square in Moscow at the Victory Day Parade.

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16aNO TIl Las Vegas grew 780,000 people since 2002 but water usage dropped by 24 billion gallons anually in 2020 and Nevada's allotment of water from Lake Mead is only 4% of the total inflow.
loKVa TIL: In 1933, the British explorer Frank Smythe attempted to climb Mt. Everest alone. As the time passed, due to isolation he became so convinced that someone else was accompanying him on his climb that he offered a piece of cake to his invisible climbing partner.
l7aR1 TIL that the first time a recipe for creme brulee was published was in the 17th century. The sugar topping was caramelized with a hot shovel.
5VYN8 TIL in 2008, a woman died of blunt force craniocerebral trauma when a 75-pound (34 kg) spotted eagle ray leaped out of the water and knocked her over onto the deck of the vessel she was aboard. The spotted eagle ray also died at impact.
rdnx TIL that you would not die instantly if you were exposed in space. Scientists estimate that a human being can survive 15-30 seconds in open space (X-post r/TheBestLists)