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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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R5wW7 TIL that in 1577 Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sagagún completed his Manuscript, The Florentine Codex, making it the most reliable source of information about Mexican culture, the Aztec Empire, and the conquest of Mexico.
g0W9 TIL A derivative of Mustard Gas was the first drug used as chemotherapy to treat cancer
VMWQk TIL the red ovenbird, the national bird of Argentina and Uruguay, collects mud and piles it on top of a tree branch while letting it slowly dry, like adobe construction.When completed, its characteristic dome-shaped nest bears a resemblance to an old-fashioned wood-fired oven, hence the bird's name.
wL417 TIL Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis due to its being a center of the pork industry in the 19th century.
lN5a TIL Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as an actor playing a black actor in Tropic Thunder