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TIL that the movie Scarface has won NO awards and has even been nominated for a Razzie.

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9w8GG TIL that in 1862 a letter was found wrapped around an unlit cigar laying in the grass. The secret dispatch #191 gave away Robert E. Lee's troop movements and helped lead to a narrow Northern victory in the battle of Antietam.
BKPe TIL there is a monument to Wikipedia in Poland.
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