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TIL The Lord of the Rings trilogy recieved in total 475 film awards out of 800 nominations, making it the most awarded film series in cinematic history

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rNKL4 TIL Plato wrote that a nation should be led by its most curious, benevolent, just, kind, and altruistic individuals. He called them Philosopher Kings. They would spend their entire life preparing for this role. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was said to best exemplify this idea.
e0X7L TIL of Georgi Dimitrov, an influential Bulgarian antifascists communist. In 1933 he was arrested by Nazis following the Reichstag fire. He refused juridical counsel, and his defense and conduct became so famous a popular saying spread: "There is only one brave man in Germany, and he is a Bulgarian."
kOyWe TIL A man was wrongfully imprisoned for 8 years, He read up on the law trying to prove his own innocence now he's a defense lawyer
bow9 TIL That in the canadian Innu mythology, the most powerful spirit is Matshishkapeu, ‘the fart man’, spirit of the anus.
XwgX TIL an MIT geek in the 70’s convinced a record label he had a band recording an album in LA. In reality he mixed the entire thing himself from old homemade demo tapes in a run-down basement in Boston. It only cost a few thousand dollars to create, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide