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TIL George Miller the director and co-creator of the Mad Max series has personally only won 1 Oscar award. Miller won the award for best animated feature for directing Happy Feet. He also directed the sequel to Babe, Babe: Pig in the City.

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E1Nvx TIL Two French brothers hacked a national semaphore-based telecom system in 1834 to beat the stock market. Later caught, they were not convicted because no law existed to prevent their actions
P177e TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.
brxp TIL that Hydrogen Peroxide has a shelf life and decomposes into water and oxygen.
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