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TIL That up to 62% of Icelanders believe in Elves

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epy7n TIL the first African American woman to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel in 1939, wasn't even able to attend the premiere of the movie she preformed in due to it being held at a whites-only theater.
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X0M5r TIL: Bugs Sleep
m1GMP TIL what you would see if an object moved past you at twice the speed of light. Since the object is moving faster than the photons you need to see it, the object would suddenly appear at your location, then seem to split into two and move away from you in both directions.
VM9o8 TIL Mark Hamill's laughter as the Joker was based on his Mozart laughter when he played the title role in Amadeus on Broadway.