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TIL Barbara Streisand and Katherine Hepburn tied for Best Actress Oscar in 1969 - meaning they both won an Oscar for Best Actress - the only time a tie occurred in this category.

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R7Mp1 TIL adult cat meowing was developed only to communicate with humans, not other cats
ADYd4 TIL of Arnold Schuster, a private citizen who appeared on television to discuss how he assisted the police in catching a bank robber, who was then gunned down by an unrelated mobster who saw him on TV and hated "squealers" (informants).
XEEvk TIL Duvets were only introduced to the UK via a shop King's Row, West London in May 1964. Yet today it's practically impossible to find someone who still sleeps under blankets.
W77lN TIL slime molds are problem solvers, scooting around on pseudopods before ballooning to release their spores. They can find the shortest path through a maze, and they inspired a slime-mold algorithm that researchers used to map filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies in the universe.
ynoM TIL there is a triangle over the great lakes that has more disappearances than the Bermuda triangle.