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TIL that Toto (the band who sang Africa) were the studio band for Michael Jackson's album Thriller

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9wv8G TIL the 1987 Oliver Stone film "Wall Street" is the only film to win both an Oscar and a Razzie. The Michael Douglas won the Oscar for Best Actor, whilst Daryl Hannah won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress.
16R6V TIL about Brienz, Switzerland and how Swiss authorities believe the mountain above it faces imminent collapse. Villagers have been ordered to evacuate by 5/12/23
nWJLo TIL an outlaw is a criminal who has been sentenced to be 'outside of the protection of the law.' They can be killed or persecuted by anyone, and they have no right to a trial.
neAgP TIL the UAE has experimented with literal rainmaking since 2011, called cloud seeding, attempting to increase its sparse average rainfall and decrease its hot summer temperatures. Drones add silver iodide and electrical charges to existing clouds to clump them together and increase precipitation.
graY8 TIL 2 teens secretly scaled the Acropolis on 5/30/41 in Nazi-occupied Greece & stole the Nazi flag that was flying atop it. Their heroic act of defiance inspired Greeks to believe themselves capable of resisting the Nazis & their occupation of Greece. The teens were never caught & died of old age!