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TIL that Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined.

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OobOL TIL about food scientist Robert Baker who invented the chicken nugget in a laboratory at Cornell University in the early 1960s. He successfully created a "chicken stick" that would retain form when freezing or frying. Instead of patenting the invention, he sent the recipe to hundreds of companies.
nMmP TIL that Shaggy’s (from Scooby Doo) real name is Norville Rogers, and is from Coolsville.
X5JD TIL in 2006 Honda become the sole supplier of engines in the IndyCar series, It was for the first time in Indianapolis 500 history, the race was run without a single engine problem.
RnVQ TIL The children of the Moken people in Thailand and Burma are able to see clearly underwater due to their sea-based culture.
x6Nvk TIL that because all US banknotes are the same size, making telling them apart hard-to-impossible for the blind, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing provides an electronic device (the iBill Currency Identifier) that can identify the value of the bills free of charge.