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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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4XAew TIL in 2003 the smoke from large bushfires in Canberra, Australia formed a Cumulonimbus Flammagenitus. Essentially the fire created its own supercell storm, complete with lighting and forming an F3-rated fire tornado. The tornado and associated fire killed 4 people and injured 492 others.
N7Lbb TIL that Korean art has a genre called “chaekgeori” that literally means books and things because their government banned books so they felt the need to paint real-life scale books and position them behind their seats.
MeBra TIL the state of Maryland narrows to a width of less than two miles (3 km) in the Hancock area—the smallest non-vertex border-to-border distance of any U.S. state
rNJm0 Today I learned Rita Moreno won her first Emmy for the performance of her well known song "Fever" on the muppet show. Great performance by Animal.
81nK TIL that polar bears have been known to cover their noses with their paws whilst hunting, in an attempt to blend in with their surroundings.