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TIL that in 2001, a panel of wine experts gave one of the lowest possible scores to an average-priced Bordeaux that was served in a cheap bottle. When it was served in an expensive bottle, it received one of the highest possible scores.

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lo9G7 TIL Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. Readers initially assumed Jhabvala to be Indian because of her portrayals of the nuances of Indian lifestyles. Later, the revelation of her true identity led to falling sales of her books in India
PKgE TIL that Hilter’s bloodline is almost extinct as his five remaining relatives have made a verbal pact to never have children.
D1Oer TIL about the Bay of Jars. A collection of ancient Roman ceramic jars found in the waters outside Rio de Janeiro suggesting that the ancient Romans visited Brazil centuries before the Portuguese.
4XKQb TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger beat O.J. Simpson for the role of the Terminator because Simpson wasn't "menacing" enough to play a killer.
OBBg TIL Jackie Gleason considered suing the makers of The Flintstones for ripping off The Honeymooners but he didn’t want the bad publicity from being “the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air.”