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TIL only two people born in 1990 or later have won best acting Oscars, Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana DeBose.

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neAaW TIL “Superfecundation”. It is when two or more eggs from the same cycle are fertilized by sperm from different acts of sexual intercourse. This can lead to twin babies with separate biological fathers. It’s rare in humans, but common in cats and dogs.
JmQ1 TIL that adopting two puppies from the same litter can be detrimental to the puppies and their ability to bond with their owner; this is referred to as “littermate syndrome.”
5YGaD TIL Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5157 declaring March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day. President Reagan called upon the American people "to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
bdVa TIL that NBA player Shaquille O'Neal starred in ‘Kazaam’ (1996) because “I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said, 'Hey, here’s $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.’ What am I going to say, no? So I did it.”
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