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TIL of Bert Schneider's controversial speech when he won the Best Documentary Oscar in 1975 for his Anti-Vietnam film Hearts and Minds. He read out a telegram from the Vietcong delegate to the Paris Peace Talks, thanking the antiwar movement for all they had done on behalf of peace.

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WkGrX TIL that various species of venomous viperid snakes (AKA rattlesnake) are native to different regions of the Americas, from Canada down to Argentina
rRBj0 TIL The least weasel, at 5" long, is the smallest true carnivore on Earth, but also one of the most fierce. They horde up to 50 carcasses in their burrows. This ensures a stockpile of food. Due to its small size and fierce nature, it plays an important part in mythology and legend.
R7p18 TIL A bottle of Coca-Cola cost one nickel (5 cents) between 1886 and 1959. The price remained fixed with very little fluctuation. In 1953, Coca-Cola approached the US Treasury to request minting a 7.5 cent coin.
e0WNL TIL that the Sumerian God Enki was believed to have created the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by ejaculating into dry riverbeds
NKMN TIL That during his last days, Hitler used a Berlin phone directory to determine how the battle was going. He would call a number. If it was answered in Russian he’d hang up. If it was answered in German, he’d ask what the person was seeing.