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TIL that, according to a study of Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more often than God.

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ddO9 TIL that Freddie Mercury had a throat infection at the time of Live Aid and was advised by his doctors to not risk performing at the festival. He defied their orders, and Queen’s set went down in history as one of the best performances that day.
JYGMB TIL that the former president of SEGA gave the company $730M as part of his dying will, in the form of stocks and debt forgiveness, covering the loss from the the Dreamcast failure.
6Ej7W TIL a man suffered a flash fire in his chest cavity during emergency heart surgery caused by supplemental oxygen leaking from a ruptured lung.
M7aW TIL A woman from England can see 99 million more colours than the rest of the worlds population.
DQKWp TIL that Ryu from Street Fighter is based on Karate master Mas Oyama