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TIL the actor who had won the most Golden Raspberries (Razzies) is Sylvester Stallone with 12 wins

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BgrMd TIL William Pitt the Younger was 13 when he was admitted to the University of Cambridge, 24 when he was appointed Prime Minister and was also fluent in Latin and Greek
P1jXG TIL in 1985, the Canadian government banned the use of the name "Beef patty" by Jamaican patty vendors. The legal definition of "patty" at the time only described hamburger patties. After community outrage and mobilisation, vendors were allowed to call their products "Jamaican patties".
wlrJ TIL: In the 1690s, Swordswoman and Opera Singer Julie d’Aubigny kissed a woman while wearing men’s clothes at a ball. For such an ‘insult’ she was challenged to a duel by three men. She accepted and beat all three, at the same time!
7rWXr TIL when Newfoundland agreed to be annexed by Canada in 1949, one of the conditions was that Islanders continue to be allowed to produce and sell margarine
xVmPo TIL: That sleep deprivation played a huge role in major world disasters such as Chernobyl (where engineers worked for 13 hrs), and The Challenger Explosion (certain managers involved only slept for two hrs).