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TIL that Foundation series by Issac Asimov won Hugo award for best all time series in 1966. The Lord of the Rings was runner up.

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awZlA At least half of the oxygen produced on Earth comes from the ocean, mostly from tiny photosynthesizing plankton. But marine life also uses roughly the same amount of oxygen to breathe, for cellular respiration, and in the decomposition process.
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YrXx TIL Cookie Monster has a British cousin called Biscuit Monster. He resembles Cookie Monster in appearance (save for a fancy bowler hat), speech patterns and love for cookies which he calls biscuits.
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