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TIL Walt Disney has won more Oscars than anyone else, 22 in total

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yQnWw TIL a grand total of 2121 nuclear tests were conducted by various countries around the world from 1945 with an estimated 515 MEGATONS of yield, but no nuclear winter ever recorded
E1K7w TIL that there was a legal battle between World Wide Fund for Nature and World Wrestling Federation over the use of the acronym WWF.
a8EAL TIL that while men and women have the same average IQ, men’s IQ curve has a wider distribution while women have a narrower distribution. So men tend to have more geniuses and more idiots while women tend to be closer to the average.
X0GO8 Today I learned that the chorus of the song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" is from the point of view of a man who was romantically in love with Clementine, not that of Clementine's father.
6o5Y TIL that NASA flew an F-106B through 1,496 thunderstorms on purpose to improve aviation lightning protection standards. It was hit by lightning 714 times.