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TIL the first Academy Awards, in 1929, lasted for just 15 minutes.

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x0d1 TIL that Nimrod, recorded in Genesis as “a mighty hunter before the Lord” is now used to mean a dimwitted or stupid person because of Bugs Bunny who sarcastically refers to Elmer Fudd as “nimrod,” an ironic connection between “mighty hunter” and “poor little Nimrod”, i.e. Fudd. No one got the joke.
pJLO [TIL] that a reservoir near LA was covered with black balls to keep the sun out.
lnO1 TIL Apple issued a recall for the 1st generation Ipod Nano. Owners will be issued a current generation Ipod Nano.
wjyM TIL that in the Victorian era they had special tea cups that protected your mustache from getting dunked in your tea.
JQJl TIL there’s a teddybear in every Dutch police car, in case something troubling happens to a child.