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TIL Halle Berry personally accepted her Worst Actor Razzie for 'Catwoman,' humorously holding her 'Monster's Ball' Oscar in one hand and the Razzie in the other during her acceptance speech.

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9MeX TIL Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while high on LSD. The MLB refuses to release footage saying its “an embarrassment to the league”.
R5NoQ TIL about Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine. Operating from around the early 1990s to 2018, this machine would dispense rare discontinued beverages. Supposedly the nearby businesses had no idea who was restocking the machine. After the machine disappeared a note was left saying "Went for a walk".
jNvDX TIL that 3 years after his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell's enbalmed body was exhumed and executed. His head was mounted on a spike on Westminster Hall for 25 years until a storm blew it down. A guard found it and took it home. It was then in private possession until being secretly buried in 1960.
EVdP TIL that in 1934, FDR enacted a Federal law requiring that all gold be turned over to the federal government at the price of $20.67/oz. After the government acquired most of the gold, they changed the market price to $35/oz.
e0bV4 TIL Living things such as the jewel wasp can make their victims, cockroaches, into their "zombies".