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TIL that David Byrne of Talking Heads has an Academy Award for composing the score for The Last Emperor

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aBV0 TIL MI6 once hacked an Al-Qaeda website and replaced instructions on how to make a bomb with a cupcake recipe.
Y4oB TIL inventor Ray Kurzweil takes 150 supplements, eight to 10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green tea every day and drinks several glasses of red wine a week in an effort to “reprogram” his biochemistry so that he might live longer
16a64 TIL McDonald's mascot Grimace is supposed to represent a taste bud and was originally called "Evil Grimace" and was scaly, had four arms, and stole milkshakes.
yVYJa TIL Bugs Bunny during World War II, was officially inducted into the marines, who discharged him after the war as a master sergeant.
6EDGY TIL about Yola, a language that developed from Middle English and was spoken in Wexford (Ireland). It went extinct in the 19th century and contained elements from Norman French, Welsh and Flemish.