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TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.

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16vpX TIL that Kurt Waldheim was 'accidentally' elected UN Secretary-General in 1971, after the US, the UK, and China failed to coordinate their vetoes.
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