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TIL the only remake to win an Oscar for best picture is 'The Departed'

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Oojo1 TIL that on the Box Set from the Cocteau Twins was a bonus disc.
6N9J TIL in 1960, a Retired Postal Worker stalked JFK with the intent of assassinating him. On Dec. 11, he was prepared to ram Kennedy with a dynamite-laden 1950 Buick, but changed his mind at the last minute when he decided he didn’t want to hurt Jackie and her children.
0gJp TIL in 1998, when a teacher smelled a ‘gas-like’ odor in her classroom she soon developed headache, nausea, short breath, and dizziness. Hours later, 80 kids and 19 staff were in the ER. However, no illness or poison was found in anyone; it was believed to be a mass psychogenic delusional illness.
BaQe TIL that around 2 out of every 3 people alive today have not yet been on the internet.
4kLgN TIL that classically trained actor Christopher Lee released a heavy metal album based on the life of 7th century Emperor Charlemagne and released a follow-up album three years later.