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TIL that Marvin Hamlisch, who played the frustrated piano player in one of the final scenes of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, is one of the few musicians to receive an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards). He also won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Y7G4W TIL that the Korean Alphabet was made because the King at the time didn't like how only the rich could learn to read. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and create a new writing system from scratch that can be "learned before lunchtime." You can actually learn to read it in 20 minutes.
8ljP TIL that in 2006, thieves planning to steal one of a zoo’s koalas changed tack after it proved too vicious and stole a crocodile instead which was easier
6OpZ TIL 53 percent of the people who live in Fiji don’t have access to clean, safe water yet Fiji water is the nation’s largest export
9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
xVOpB TIL:-Sandeep Singh was born at Shahabad town of Kurukshetra, Haryana state of India.