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TIL that the Red Carpet at the entrance of the Oscars is not a traditional red: it has its own unique shade called "Academy Red" that is closer to burgundy

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wLJVW TIL Wilson's storm petrels, named after the father of American ornithology Alexander Wilson, don’t actually walk on water, but they aim themselves into the wind, hover over an area, and slowly advance while touching their feet to the water’s surface like a bouncing dance as they search for food.
gMjG8 TIL that the world's oceans/seas can and often do have distinct NATURAL borders (clines). Not just nebulous boundaries drawn on maps, large bodies of water can differ so greatly in substance & salinity that there can be a distinct, vivid line between even WHOLE OCEANS, e.g Pacific vs. Atlantic!
e098D TIL of Joseph Grew, the US ambassador to Japan during the lead-up to WWII, who in Jan. 1941 heard rumors in Tokyo that the Japanese were preparing a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in case of a break with the US. Grew even alerted the US State Department.
R5npl TIL: Leif Erikson is regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
kJa0B TIL that Goofy was originally called "Dippy Dawg".