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TIL in 2010 Sandra Bullock won a Razzie for Worst Actress and an Oscar for Best Actress within 24 hours of each other.

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b9Z7Z TIL that the last person to be executed for blasphemy in Scotland was a 20-year-old man who called theology "a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense", and the Old Testaments "Ezra's fables", and that Christ "learned magic in Egypt, then performed pranks which were called miracles".
4Xl0o TIL Canada has an older 'continually running' monarchy than the UK, having been initially established in the 16th Century. While being under British Rule, French Rule, and ultimately an independent monarchy, there has not been a time since Canada has not had a monarch.
BgNQr TIL The first person to windsurf across the Atlantic was also the captain of the only fatal Concorde incident.
WkRB4 TIL the beginning of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (dit-dit-dit-dah) is morse code for the letter V. Representing victory, this was an acknowledged symbol of the war effort, made by Winston Churchill forming a 'V' with the first and second fingers of his raised right hand.
16Qad Today I learned of the Summer Koshien, a national high school baseball tournament in Japan, which is the most watched sporting event in the country.