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TIL the shortest film nominated for an Oscar was under 2 minutes and a stop animation about making guacamole ~ Fresh Guacamole by PES

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E1B9X TIL Bing Crosby has the most number 1 hits all time (43) 2: Beatles (24) 3: Elvis(18). Most charted songs (396) 2: Sinatra (209) 3: Elvis (149). His movies have over 1 billion tickets sold (3rd all time). He has 1 Oscar for Best Actor and sang on 13 Oscar nominated songs (4 Winning).
neK1G TIL that there is a fish, a shark, to be precise, that can walk on land in search of food.
4JPw TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an ‘epidemic’ affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease’ called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.’
OoX04 TIL that there is a defunct Philippine Basketball team that went by the name the FedEx Express and the Burger King Whoppers.
kOple TIL about a 13-month-old Canadian baby that got out of her house in the middle of the night and froze solid. She thawed and ended up surviving.