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TIL every live-action Star Wars Movie has been nominated for an Oscar.

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OoR0X TIL the surfing term "goofy foot" refers to those that surf with their right foot forward. The term originates from a 1937 Disney cartoon where Goofy surfs with his right foot forward.
lBlA TIL in 1992, Polish-Irish businessman Stefan Klincewicz beat the lottery and made a profit by buying all possible number combinations when the jackpot became high enough to profit. The game was changed soon after.
9Wlp TIL: It took 200,000 years to bring 1st billion people on Earth, 100 more years to bring 2nd billion and now we add 1 billion people to this planet every 12 years.
vPN54 TIL the Ancient Greek Religion continued to be practiced until the late 9th Century AD. The Maniot people were not fully Christianized until the reign of Basil I (867-886). By this time Islam had already been in existence for two centuries and Christianity had begun to split into multiple doctrines.
Lk9AV TIL Mouse do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options; they actually favor sweet, sugary foods. It is unclear where the myth came from.