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TIL That in the 50s, CBS deemed the word "“pregnant,” too vulgar for air on I Love Lucy

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KO74 TIL Gary Oldman has never received an Academy Award nomination until this year. Even though being in films such as Sid and Nancy, The Contender, The Fifth Element, Harry Potter and Nolan’s Batman Trilogy.
a8DM0 TIL of the existence of giant viruses. Their sizes rival that of some bacteria (1.5-2uM) and they encode thousands of unknown genes. One of the largest was discovered and revived in 2014 from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, revealing thawing permafrost as a reservoir of ancient giant viruses.
QKAd TIL: The Notrious B.I.G. had 2 kids and his son recently graduated high school and proposed to his boyfriend.
WkQa4 TIL that the Count in Sesame Street does not count all the time to teach children numbers! In folklore, vampires had arithmomania, or an obsession with numbers. This derives from the old superstition that throwing poppy seeds on the ground stopped vampires because they had to count them all first.
grEY4 TIL that the US has an official plan to deal with a zombie apocalypse known as CONPLANN 8888-11.