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TIL the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington Virginia is actually named the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial.

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6R5Z TIL researchers used a weather balloon to carry 200 paper planes 20 miles up from a barn in Wolfsberg, Germany. The planes were released and found in numerous countries, such as Australia, Russia, and India.
jQoE TIL Peter Dinklage is the only American cast member in Game of Thrones with a leading role.
9Yn8G TIL that Steve Irwin did a collaboration with The Wiggles!
D1oYp TIL of the Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the biggest known flying animals of all time. It stood about as tall as a giraffe and had a wingspan as wide as the length of a gas tanker truck.
gyv4 TIL Saudi Arabia promotes practice of marriage between close relatives which has produced high level of several genetic disorder including thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, spinal muscular atrophy, deafness and muteness.