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TIL Steven Seagal has never won an Oscar, Golden Globe, or Emmy award of any kind. In fact, he has never even been nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe, or Emmy.

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Y7YG TIL Nikola Tesla, towards the end of his life, fell in love with a white female pigeon and spent over $2000 USD building a device that could support/heal her broken leg and wing.
Ypx7r TIL there's a holiday called 'Buy Nothing Day' an international day of protest against consumerism & 'Black Friday.' Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
lo1pK TIL a gannet named Nigel, was dubbed "the loneliest bird in the world" due to the absence of any other birds of his species on his island. Conservationists built fake concrete birds to attract more birds but Nigel ended up falling in love with one the decoys.
kOpWW TIL dogs and other animals can have heart attacks just like humans and it's important to know the symptoms to recognize them in your pet
nW7Db TIL that fish that live in frigid Arctic and Antarctic waters avoid freezing to death by producing antifreeze in their blood. This is so advantageous from an evolutionary standpoint that entirely unrelated fish species produce antifreeze proteins.