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TIL “The road not taken” by Robert Frost, was actually written to mock an indecisive friend and intended to inspire no one.

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a8kb9 TIL that the Marine Band consists of experienced musicians who are enlisted as Marines after auditioning. They are the only members of the armed forces who do not undergo boot camp.
mxe9M TIL that the city of Cloud Cuckoo Land in The LEGO Movie is likely a reference to the 414 BCE Athenian Play The Birds in which a man convinces birds to build a city in the sky
LkbDm TIL: that ostrich meat is red meat unlike other poultry. It is closer too beef than it is chicken.
nWdrW Today I learned where the Heard and McDonald Islands are.
x6JB0 TIL there is a American Football world championship, but the United States has only participated the last 3 times which they all won