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TIL in 2010, Sandra Bullock made history when she won an Oscar and Razzie in the same year.

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w4Vo TIL: Extinguishing macho culture on oil rigs resulted in a company’s accident rate declining by 84%, while productivity, efficiency, and reliability increased beyond the industry’s previous benchmark
we9E TIL that there is a sport called Extreme Ironing, in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.
6EXd8 TIL Mehmed the Conqueror requested his father, who had abdicated earlier, to come back and claim the throne in time of trouble by saying: "If you are the Sultan, come and lead your armies. If I am the Sultan I hereby order you to come and lead my armies."
4YY6 TIL Hurricane season is in late summer because that’s when the temperature difference between the sea surface and the air above is the greatest.
5Y88B TIL J Dilla suffered from thrombocytopenic purpura (a rare blood disease). It was not widely known how serious his condition was until his 2005 European tour, when he performed from a wheelchair.