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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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OobwR TIL I learned the 1994 movie title 'The Santa Clause' is a pun and not the correct spelling of "Santa Claus."
J1OA1 TIL about Anelasma squalicola, a little-studied barnacle that recently pivoted from a seawater filter feeding lifestyle to a parasitic form that subsists on just one Norwegian species of shark.
RvD6 TIL that Bret and Jemaine of Flight of the Concords were rumored to be denied funding by New Zealands TV3 because Bret and Jemaine’s humor was deemed “too Wellington”, meaning their humor would not work with the average New Zealander outside of Wellington.
b9ArN TIL Courtroom sketches became popular in the earlier 20th century due to a general prohibition of cameras in the courtroom. Artists are able to sketch scenes in just minutes, often from memory. Despite most courtrooms now allowing cameras, sketch art is still in demand today.
Brgex TIL herd animals in the wild often hang around with giraffes. The giraffes, being so tall, give the herd animals such as Zebra and Wildebeest an early warning of lions sneaking up on them. These herd animals benefit by having friends in high places (quite literally).