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TIL Oscar voters now must watch every nominated film in a category before casting a vote, no more voting based on buzz or hype

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rgjo TIL when Richard III’s remains were discovered, while the maternal DNA was matched to a known descendant of his sister, his paternal DNA did not match his (supposed) modern relatives.
pYAwO TIL that in Australia, horses were statistically responsible for more deaths (with 74 deaths directly attributable to them) between 2000 and 2013 than stinging insects or snakes. Over this period, no deaths were attributed to spiders.
8eGa4 TIL in October 2004, it was reported that the Horniman Museum in London was failing to receive some of its email because filters mistakenly treated its name as a version of the words "horny man".
D1ORj TIL rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs
R5kP6 TIL - Walter Orthmann, a 100 year old, set the Guinness World Record for working at the same company for 84 years and nine days.