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TIL in 1945, Barry Fitzgerald accidentally decapitated his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while using it to practice his golf swing. The statute was particularly vulnerable because it was made of plaster and painted gold due to the shortage of metal during WWII.

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WGLA TIL Pound town is a town in Wisconsin
6Egj8 TIL that those "baby on board" signs hanging in car windows serve a purpose of alerting first responders that there is a person in the vehicle that's unable to unbuckle themselves in the event of an accident
LLNm TIL that the terms Idiot, Imbecile and Moron are all medical definitions for people with certain IQ ranges. Idiot ranges from 0-20, Imbecile 21-50 and Moron 51-70.
VaLm TIL of the Golden Arches Theory which states that no two countries that both had McDonald’s had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald’s.
yQyvV TIL Phil Collins was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid 1985 benefit concerts. He played at Live Aid Wembley, went by helicopter to Heathrow, flew to New York on the Concorde, then another helicopter to Live Aid Philadelphia.