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TIL John Williams has been nominated for an Oscar 51 times, averaging one nomination a year since his first in 1967

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JYRyV TIL A 3M adhesive tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
woPPW TIL It’s just kind of a strange coincidence not found anywhere else. The diameter of the Sun is about 400 times larger than that of the Moon,but it is also roughly 400 times farther away from Earth. These two qualities almost cancel each other out, and the Sun usually winds up looking the same size.
VBgBQ TIL Chi-Chi's caused the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history
0dNyj TIL that scientists had to rename genes because MS Excel would convert those names into dates
yv4V TIL that the series of British children’s books ‘Where’s Wally?’ is called 'Where’s Waldo?’ in the US, 'Where’s Willy?“ in Norway, 'Where’s Wōrī? in Japan, and 22 other different names, depending on what country you are in.