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TIL that the Razzie Awards that hand out prizes for the worst performances each to stand in opposition to the Oscars, also hand out "Redeemer" awards for people and groups that have won or be nominated for Razzies in the past, but managed to redeem themselves with actual good performances.

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4X0V6 TIL on July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Santa Clarita, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed three people on the ground: actor Vic Morrow and two child actors while injuring the six helicopter passengers.
rRyQ1 TIL Atala is the first realm of the underworld in Hinduism. When a man enters Atala, women serve him an intoxicating cannabis drink that induces sexual energy. Then, these women enjoy sexual play with the traveller, who feels 'stronger than ten thousand elephants and forgets impending death'.
yVAyX TIL that Aztecs had 18 festivities each year, 17 of which included human sacrifices. Apart from extraction of the heart, they used variety of other methods; drowning, starvation, decapitation, burning, bludgeoning, throwing from heights, forced gladiatorial combat and shooting with arrows.
8b9K TIL that the Nazis forged British pounds at a total value of £134,610,810. The notes are considered to be among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, being almost impossible to distinguish from the real currency.
E8xd TIL: We might have had cassettes , answering machines and VHS neatly 60 years earlier if not for paranoia by Bell Labs /AT&T executives.