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TIL Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony without winning any of them.

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AN04o TIL about the Lord of the Rings musical, which had nearly 500 performances and a 13 month run in London’s West end before closing in 2008. It received mostly negative reviews and was considered a flop.
wLr9W TIL about Cedar Apple Rust - or gymnosporangium juniper-virginianae - which uses the red cedar tree as a host and produces spore-bearing horns that swell in the spring rains, sending its spores out to infect nearby apple trees.
ne8jd TIL teff, the staple food crop of Ethiopia, is a highly nutritious "superfood" like quinoa. After US and European health food trends created a huge demand for quinoa, prices skyrocketed in Bolivia, where it is a staple food. Fearing their own food shortage, Ethiopia banned the export of teff in 2006
Wogd TIL a study by Princeton sociologists on discrimination in university admissions concluded that on SATs, blacks had an advantage of +230 points, Hispanics +185, and athletes +200. Asians had a -50 handicap. To have the same odds of admission as a black student who scored 1110, Asians need a 1550.
xVD5D TIL that during the Golden Dragon massacre in 1977, Chinatown gangsters murdered five diners in a botched assassination attempt. After hiding out until morning, the perpetrators bought noodles from the very same restaurant.