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TIL the 1977 NYC Blackout was partially responsible for the birth of Hip-Hop, as it provided cover for mass looting of DJ equipment in the Bronx.

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J1pL4 TIL Jim Carrey won back-to-back acting Golden Globe awards (The Truman Show & Man on the Moon) without receiving an Oscar nomination for either of them and he still has never been nominated for an Oscar.
LkLPQ TIL that Ivory Coast built a church copied from the St. Peter's Basilica to surpass it as the highest church in the world. Upon completion the pope only agreed to consecrate it, if the overall height was lower than the Vatican Basilica and if there would be built a hospital next to it.
ANwWw TIL while traditional 12-step programs only have a 15% long-term success rate, a treatment for alcoholism called "the Sinclair method" has a long term success rate of nearly 80%. TSM involves the use of a drug called Naltrexone to block the endorphins released when drinking.
ojKY TIL that although Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group is owned by Porsche Holdings.
loLar TIL the movie Shrek is based on the 1990 children’s books Shrek! by William Steig. Steig also provided the illustrations for the book.