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TIL that Aretha Franklin holds the record for winning the most consecutive Grammys in the same category. She won the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance every year from 1968 to 1975, for an eight-year winning streak. She also won in 1982, 1986, and 1988, giving her 11 wins in the category.

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A7ko TIL Inventor of James Bond and all around bad ass ex-spy, Ian Fleming, also wrote the famous children’s book “Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang”, later adapted to screen by fellow ex-bad ass spy, Roald Dahl. Both served in the same British intelligence agency.
Z9ND TIL North and South Korean armies choose their physically toughest looking soldiers to have a constant ongoing “stare down” across the Korean border to determine who is more powerful.
kJ0Ne TIL While often used interchangeably, hot chocolate and hot cocoa are technically different things
BrWvb TIL apples in Tibet turn purple due to the lower temper and the higher UV light.(less UV is filtered out because of the thinner atmosphere) They’re called Black diamond apples.
XEgAP TIL about Pals Battalions. British army units consisting of men from the same town or profession during the First World War. They were created as a way to boost morale. They did not take into account that almost the entire male population of a town would be wiped out in a single battle.