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TIL nobody is sure how the academy awards came to be called “Oscars”

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78DR7 TIL that in 1977, a former beauty queen kidnapped a mormon missionary for sex
DQVne TIL that inhalation and exhalation are byproducts of the diaphragm’s movement, not an active process of the lungs. The diaphragm controls airflow by contracting and relaxing.
8egw4 TIL: In 2009, two college students were jailed for refusing to pay a $16.35 mandatory tip at a Pennsylvania restaurant, citing poor service. After national attention, charges were dropped, and the case sparked widespread debate over tipping and whether it should depend on service quality.
4XerN TIL that an 18-year-old girl called Rae Heim ran across America almost entirely barefoot. She only wore shoes on some hard terrain. She ran 3,437.5 miles in 8 months and raised more than $10,000 for charity. She started running barefoot at 16 after breaking a big toe, and kept it up after it healed.
R5Z77 TIL the New York Yankees had a short lived mascot named Dandy. Designed by the people who came up with Miss Piggy, his debut was delayed by the tragic death of Thurmon Munson, who had a similar moustache