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9wdX TIL The Shining is the 2nd highest ranked movie for both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson on IMDB (#45 all-time), yet was nominated for no Oscars or Golden Globes and was nominated for two Razzies, including Worst Director.
kJx7d TIL when WWF Diva Chyna first began working out, her abdominal muscles were so strong, she did not feel any pain when she developed an ovarian tumor.
yVP7e TIL about Cecilia Chiang, who changed America's opinions of Chinese food. Among other things, she taught Chinese cooking to Julia Child and James Beard.
R575l TIL of James Clerk Maxwell who wrote the first equations unifying electricity, magnetism, and light as being part of the same phenomenon.
d8M69 TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander was a sergeant of the Canadian Royal Rifles. He fought on the frontlines against the Japanese on several occasions. Gander was posthumously decorated when he picked up a live Japanese grenade and charged enemy lines with it.