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TIL Charlie Chaplin received a 12-minute standing ovation when he won the Honorary Oscar in 1972, the longest in Oscar history

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epj8n TIL that Quiet Riot never intended to record a cover of Slade's 'Cum On Feel The Noize.' They actively tried to botch the recording by not practicing beforehand, expecting a 'train wreck.' Instead, their raw approach unintentionally captured the song's essence and turned it into a massive hit.
GY495 TIL that up to 90% of Asian schoolchildren are nearsighted
VMAvm TIL The deepest ocean sinkhole in the world is in the South China Sea and is named the Dragon Hole, or Longdong. It is roughly 987 feet deep. Below 328 feet, the hole is devoid of oxygen, and deadly to marine life.
6LeZ TIL General Order No. 11 (1862) was an order issued by Ulysses S. Grant ordering the expulsion of Jews in his district, comprising areas of TN, MS, and KY as part of a campaign against a black market in Southern cotton, which he thought was being run “mostly by Jews and other unprincipled traders.”
OokY TIL In 1899, President McKinley was assured by the director of the US Patent Office that everything that can be invented has already been invented.