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TIL that if you hear "Stars and Stripes Forever" at a circus, you better run toward the exits. Circuses use the song as an way to alert employees that there's a disaster afoot, and they won't play the song at any other times.

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P1VJG TIL Judith Durham, lead singer of iconic 1960s band The Seekers, was scheduled to sing "The Carnival Is Over" at the closing ceremony for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney; however, she broke her hip. A month later, she would perform the song at the closing ceremony for the Paralympics from a wheelchair.
AyBx TIL intelligent disobedience occurs when a service animal trained to help a disabled person goes directly against the owner’s instructions in an effort to make a better decision. This behavior is a part of the dog’s training and is central to a service animal’s success on the job.
N7W8e TIL Interstate 10 in Texas is the longest continuous untolled freeway in North America that is operated by a single authority, the longest stretch of Interstate Highway with a single designation within a single state (877.455mi), and a portion of it is believed to be the widest freeway (26 lanes)
gMwG4 TIL that Charles Young was the third African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first black U.S. national park superintendent, first black military attaché, first black man to become a colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking black officer in the regular army
9VeQ TIL that Alan Turing dabbled in embryology, proposing the existence of molecules called morphogens that diffuse within embryos and control how they develop; the people who confirmed his proposal won a Nobel Prize.