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TIL The person who holds the record for most Oscars is Walt Disney. He has 22.

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5V9KB TIL of Jason Padgett, a dropout who After suffering a brain injury in 2002, developed OCD immediately post attack,Began to see the world in “strange” ways, and became a mathematical and artistic prodigy
g6A9 TIL in 2006, The FBI planted an informant in a South California mosque who pretended to be a radical muslim, and the muslims in the mosque reported him to the FBI
kOApg TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
ljjr TIL that Winston Churchill’s first thought when Pearl Harbour was attacked was “We have won the war”.
1ayYX TIL The Mattaponi River in Virginia is formed by the confluence of the Mat, Ta, Po, and Ni rivers.