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TIL: Julie Taymor became first woman to win Best Direction Tony 1998

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aL1Z TIL that researchers are studying fireflies to increase LED output. The study of the glowing mechanism of fireflies has helped increase LED output by 55% so far.
rNN60 TIL it only takes 1-1.5ml of raw ethanol per kg of mass to kill a person
VMe90 TIL The earliest human settlement in Australia - dating back 49,000 years - was discovered by an Aboriginal elder looking for somewhere to pee
LMAV TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio is producing a Twilight Zone movie
69mlX TIL Kim Dotcom, founder of the controversial Megaupload, was once the world’s top-ranked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 player. Before his 2012 arrest in New Zealand, he achieved the highest cumulative score in free-for-all mode out of over 15 million players worldwide.