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TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only actor/actress to win the Best Actor/Actress Oscar four times.

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xdYB TIL that ‘Russian Ark’ is a 96-minute film shot entirely in a single, Steadicam sequence. It follows a narrator through 33 rooms in the Winter Palace, contains over 2,000 extras and 3 orchestras, and took four attempts to get right with the final take pressured by the camera’s dying battery.
Nn6N TIL many American Indian tribal people recognized four genders: Masculine Men, Feminine Men, Masculine Women, and Feminine Women. The “two-spirit” individuals would mix both “male” and “female” clothing and duties. MM+FM and FW+MW relationships weren’t regarded as homosexual.
ZpyQQ TIL in 1098 (First Crusade), crusaders promised the Muslim population of Ma’arra safe conduct if they surrendered. The Muslims surrendered, then the crusaders immediately began to massacre almost the entire population of 20,000. The crusaders then resorted to cannibalism, eating the Muslims.
X0wr8 TIL Strain 121 (Geogemma barossii) is a single-celled microbe that is able to reproduce at 121 °C (250 °F). It was (at the time of its discovery) the only known form of life that could tolerate such high temperatures.
wrO7 TIL that giant tortoises from the Galapagos can survive without food or water for up to a year. In the past, buccaneers, whalers and fur sealers would store them live in their ships’ holds as a fresh meat source that doesn’t require feeding.