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TIL kung fu can refer to any skill achieved through hard work and practice, not necessarily martial arts

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jgOa TIL Tom Green won 5 Raspberry Awards for “Freddy Got Fingered” in 2002. He showed up in a white Cadillac, rolled out his own red carpet, and had to be dragged off stage because he wouldn’t stop playing a harmonica.
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awkQL TIL that Bose, the audio equipment company was founded by Amar Bose, an MIT engineering professor who bought a high-end stereo speaker system in 1956 and was disappointed of its sound quality. Despite owning Bose, he remained as a professor. He donated most of Bose shares to MIT as non-voting.
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