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TIL that Hattie McDaniel, the first black woman to win an Oscar (and whose birthday is today), was forced to sit separated from her white co-stars at the 1940 Academy Awards

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8aoBP TIL that while working in Naval Intelligence during WW2 Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, worked on a plan to steal an enigma machine by having British officers dress up as crashed Luftwaffe crew. The plan had the approval of Alan Turing and became the inspiration for Operation Mincemeat.
X0rKP TIL Ian Curtis of Joy Division died before John Lennon
OGZ6X TIL the original voice actor for Porky Pig was fired due to stuttering
1Ar4 TIL Peacock feathers are actually brown, but have microscopic structures that interfere with light that make the bright iridescence.
DQnve TIL how “Seven Nation Army” became a sports anthem and one of the world’s most recognizable songs