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TIL "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song as well as a Golden Raspberry Award for the Worst Original Song but lost both to "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas, and "Walk Into the Wind" from Showgirls, respectively.

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VrbQ TIL an Australian wedge-tailed eagle named Courage II was a corporal in the Australian army and was charged with being AWOL when he refused to cooperate.
b6Eej TIL Nancy Faust was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970-2010, and was the first stadium organist to start playing tunes from advertising, TV shows, and popular music. She missed only 5 games in her 40 years, due to the birth of her son. She is recognized at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
R7xo7 TIL: In 2017 Dr. Thatcher Cardon received $15,000 from NASA for winning the Space Poop Challenge. His prototype removes the waste from the space suit completely so astronauts don't need to take off their notoriously heavy, cumbersome, and uncomfortable space suits before going to the toilet
lvlV TIL that Dave Mustaine, Megadeth singer/guitarist, had to re-teach his left hand how to play guitar in 2002. He was diagnosed with radial neuropathy after falling asleep with his arm over the back of a chair leaving him unable to make a fist.
xwJD TIL that at the American Civil War Battle of Shiloh many of the soldier’s wounds glowed. Since those that did lived they called it the “Angel’s Glow.” Historians dismissed it. Turns out it was true and it was a caused by a parasite.