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TIL in 2006, Stephen Colbert correctly predicted the winners of every major Academy Award, including predicting Crash’ suprise win over strong favorite Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture.

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Yk9r TIL in 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled the 2nd Amendment was founded to protect an individuals right to use a firearm for self-defense and any lawful purpose such as hunting, in contrary to belief that it was only about muskets used to take down a tyrannical government.
wLR61 TIL that Fidel Castro has a sister, Juanita Castro, who lived most of her life in the USA after defecting from Castro's Cuba in 1964. She's now 88.
VMLMB TIL that a supermarket was closed down so that Michael Jackson could fulfill his dream to go to a supermarket and shop like everybody else and experience what it was like to “put things in a basket.” It was populated with his friends and family pretending to be fellow shoppers and employees.
GYEvJ TIL that even though Jane Goodall has studied chimpanzees for over 60 years, her favorite animals are dogs
R5rNw TIL: the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution in Massachusetts for those with developmental disabilities and autism, has been condemned for torture by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture