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TIL The Departed is the movie with the most uses of the word “fuck” and its derivatives (237) to win the Best Picture Oscar.

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4lmg TIL a woman fell after summiting Everest. Her husband died trying to rescue her. Two climbers comforted her before leaving her to die because they couldn’t carry her. After much guilt, they went back 8 years later to enshrine her body. Her husband was found a year later.
ErXV TIL Alexander the Great had heterochromia iridum. One of his eyes was blue and the other was brown.
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