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TIL: Sandra Bullock, along with Halle Berry showed up in person to accept their RAZZIES Award.

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14D8 TIL that a US navy spy ship captured by North Korea in 1968 is still listed as actively commissioned even though it’s on display in the Pyongyang Victorious War Museum
rNm9d TIL Light (from a laser) can pick up and levitate tiny pieces of diamond powder
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