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TIL Joe Pesci’s Oscar acceptance speech is one of the shortest of all time at 5 words. He said: “It’s my privilege. Thank you.”

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ANPLo TIL During World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded two Blue Cross Medals.
Me9mW TIL of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity, which are situations wherein a state of war technically exists between belligerent parties despite the absence of actual hostilities.
QJrrp TIL high school sports is something that is unique in the US. In most countries in the world, schools don't have sports teams.
V0g4 TIL that the will of Caesar Augustus called for his wife to be posthumously adopted as his daughter, thus making her his heir and entitled to the privileges not given to a widow
Lk7ZZ TIL of Richard Carmona who dropped out of high school at 16, joined US Special Forces during the Vietnam War, went on to Medical School after that, later becoming a physician. He would also serve as a SWAT commander for a county sheriff's dept. In 2002, he became the 17th Surgeon General of the US.