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TIL that the show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air only ever received 1 Emmy, and it was for “Outstanding Lighting direction for a Comedy Series”

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kOKRg TIL twins are becoming more common than ever. Around 1915, 1 in every 50 babies born was a twin, a rate of 2%. The rate increased to 3.3% by 2010 (1 in every 30 babies born is a twin). Scientists believe that older woman tend to have more twins and couples tend to start families later nowadays.
RAd7 TIL that it was a physician named John Snow who deduced that the cause of spread of Cholera in London in mid-nineteenth century, was contaminated water. His evidence included the 70 workers in the local brewery who only drank beer and all survived.
1aKMW TIL In 1161 the Bishop of Winchester was the largest brothel owner in the UK and his prostitutes were called the Winchester Geese.
E1vmP TIL that the Wolf of Wall Street movie was funded by a fraudulent bond scheme run by Goldman Sachs employees and a Malaysian PM.
X06KP TIL learned that the German Railways (DB) is still working with Windows 3.11 (German source). Now they are looking for a system admin with Win 3.11 and MS-DOS experience but apparently there are struggling to find any candidates. No shit Sherlock :)