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TIL no film has ever won all four acting awards at the Oscars (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, & Best Supporting Actress) and only three films have ever won three out of the four: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Network (1976), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).

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6MLZ TIL that the first documented case of child abuse was reported to an animal welfare organization, for lack of a better resource. Which means that animals had welfare rights in the US before children did.
d4mr TIL that your child’s school bus has no seat belts, because it’s about 40 times safer than the family car. School buses weigh in much heavier, and their passengers sit much higher, making them safer in collisions.
57g9 TIL that many small spiders, insects, viruses and bacteria float 1000’s of feet above the ground. They are guided by the atmosphere, and are the terrestrial analogue to ocean plankton.
Brole TIL the Dyatlov pass mystery, one of worlds biggest mysteries, in which 9 Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains due to strange and inexplicable injuries, was recently SOLVED after 60 years.
9wMVX TIL The early "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" shows were taped over by the studio the following day, including the week Harry Belafonte hosted.