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TIL Jimmy Carter has been nominated for 9 Grammys and won 2.

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NXpW8 TIL that during the filming of the Doctor Who serial “The Celestial Toymaker”, the BBC got in trouble after a character meant to be inspired by Billy Bunter claimed to be him at the end of one of the episodes. The Continuity Announcer had to make an apology to avoid a lawsuit.
M7g7K TIL "Don't Mess With Texas" started as a slogan for an anti littering campaign
6Epo8 TIL that the world’s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba. The wasp, Megaphragma mymaripenne - complete with eyes, brain, wings, muscles, guts and genitals is only about 200 micrometres long. Their average lifespan at adulthood is 5 days and they lay eggs in the eggs of thrips.
K7Pw TIL that, in April 2011, two competing algorithms on Amazon.com each kept altering the price that they were selling a book about flies for based on how much the other was charging. After ten days of price warring, the price of the book had climbed to $23.7 million.
kJwyE TIL Famous American actor George Raft claims to have lost $10 million dollars during his career. He faced financial difficulties later in his life, and is quoted saying this about his wealth: 'Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.'