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TIL the word āss in Old Norse means god.

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VBK6B TIL that Halle Berry won a Worst Actor Razzie award for her role in Catwoman. She showed up in person to collect the award and spoke while holding her Academy Award from Monster's Ball in one hand and the Razzie in the other.
MeMy7 TIL that The Dirty Dozen was inspired by a WWII paratrooper squadron called The Filthy Thirteen, who used to wear warpaint and mohawks into war, and were famous for disregarding military rules and laws.
W76m4 TIL South America is the only inhabited continent in the world without monarchies. All South American countries are presidential republics except Suriname (a parliamentary republic) and French Guiana (a French overseas department).
AgDx TIL there are more than 83,000 Americans who are still listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Also, the third Friday of every September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
rk5o TIL there was a made-for-TV Gilligan’s Island movie featuring the Harlem Globetrotters playing a team of robots