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TIL that since Rain Man (1989) over 1/3 of Academy Awards for Best Actor went to Actors portraying people with disabilities

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WkXZ9 TIL In 2008, NASA beamed a song - The Beatles' "Across the Universe" - directly into deep space. The transmission was aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 light years away from Earth. The song will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
8exZP TIL 46% of female college students in South Korea have had plastic surgery.
KY6oG TIL A man stole $200,000 and then murdered his entire family over an obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model.
oovK TIL that, while it had 8 seasons, That ‘70s Show took place over the span of just over 3 and a half years
4XnAw TIL The American soldiers guarding Saddam Hussein grew to have an attachment to him. At his execution, they were distraught, feeling like they betrayed and murdered a close friend or family member.