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TIL Jim Carrey won back-to-back acting Golden Globe awards (The Truman Show & Man on the Moon) without receiving an Oscar nomination for either of them and he still has never been nominated for an Oscar.

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x6vBb TIL Mookie Betts, an MLB all-star outfielder for the Dodgers, once bowled a perfect ‘300’ in a professional bowling competition
dnR8 TIL Florida manatees have become dependent on warm water outflows of power plants, to the point that they have stopped migrating south during the winter. This becomes an issue when power plants shut down.
W77pA TIL of "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." It was hailed as the 2nd Declaration of Independence" and lead to SC being the 1st state to leave the Union. In it, only 1 reason was listed for secession.
gZn7 TIL that according to Welsh folklore, Corgis were the preferred mount of fairy warriors.
7rn57 TIL: The extinction of mosquitoes would have little effect on the planet's ecosystem and would improve the health quality of developing countries.