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TIL Oscar Winners in the past twenty years have thanked Harvey Weinstein 5 times more than God.

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nWpwW TIL the lead actor for the very 1st episode of The Twilight Zone is still alive today.
GYmL7 TIL the US Department of Defense withdrew its financial and logistical support for the TV series The Lieutenant (1963–1964) after its creater Gene Roddenberry pressed ahead with a plot titled "To Set It Right" in which a white and a black man find a common cause in their roles as Marines
OoLY7 TIL officials in New York City have killed over 70,000 birds to date since the US Airways Flight 1549 accident (also known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"), in order to prevent similar accidents
lXZr TIL: Claude Monet could see ultraviolet light, a side effect of a 1922 cataract operation. This is why his ‘Haystacks’ era work featured such prominent blues and purples.
1b6d TIL that the U.S. has 3.1% of the world’s children, but consumes 40% of the world’s toys.