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TIL the original Tron movie (1982) was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt at the time that using computers was “cheating”

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DQAV TIL that in one of his comics, Punisher kills every single superhero and supervillain in the Marvel Universe including himself.
VM50m TIL Republican Founder Sun Yat-Sen circled the world six times to overseas Chinese communities and people sold their businesses, houses, and life savings for his revolution. In Hong Kong, he slept on a church bench rather than a hotel because he wouldn't use other people's money for enjoyment
kJWWg TIL: After his death, it was revealed that Stan Lee, famous Marvel Comics writer, suffered Elder Abuse from various handlers and family members who alienated him from the other part of his family and fired his accountants, lawyers, and caretakers that have been with him for decades.
WAaY TIL light in itself isn’t special, it’s just that according to Einstein, the fastest speed reachable in the universe is 300K m/s. It just happens that light is the only thing we detected that travels without limitations in vacuum, which is why we associate the speed limit of the universe with it.
x6Dvw TIL that in 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot in the stomach, leaving a permanent opening (fistula). A doctor spent years studying his digestion by inserting food on strings through the hole to observe the stomach's processes, leading to the birth of modern gastroenterology.