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TIL there has been only one male under age 30 to win the Best Actor Academy Award, meanwhile 32 women under age 30 have won Best Actress

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WK9N TIL that to produce black widow spider antivenom, horses are injected with black widow spider venom, then bled and antibodies are extracted.
GyJg TIL nails grow faster in summer.
8alnG TIL that in 1981 Ken Rex McElroy was murdered in broad daylight with 40 witnessess yet the murder was never solved
awPyZ TIL A train station in Japan had plans to close but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to keep it operational until she graduated!
D14oJ TIL, a small triangle in NYC about 27x25x27 inches was not accounted for in an eminent domain seizure in 1914. The owner installed a small mosaic which said "PROPERTY OF THE HESS ESTATE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES." It is still there today.