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TIL that The Sopranos were nominated for 112 Emmys, despite only airing 86 episodes.

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jN06X TIL that Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) and Dwayne McDuffie (writer on Ben 10, JL Unlimited, and Static Shock) are half-brothers. Key never knew the existence of his half-brother until after he had passed away at the age of 49.
QNJ9 TIL that placing a stamp upside down means “I love you.” Stamp orientation has conveyed protest and secret messages for decades across the world.
j6xGn TIL General Hancock chose to sacrifice an entire regiment to save the Union Army during the Civil War. The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 250 men, was ordered to charge a brigade of roughly 1200 men. They suffered a staggering 82% casualties; the largest loss by any surviving U.S unit in a day.
wGvW TIL British police cars carry teddy bears to console children after accidents
Mejrm TIL The Ukrainian famine—known as the Holodomor, a combination of the Ukrainian words for “starvation” and “to inflict death”—by one estimate claimed the lives of 3.9 million people, about 13 percent of the population