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TIL only 6 horror movies have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: Exorcist, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, Black Swan and Get Out.

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R7xm4 TIL Betty White is not a natural blonde but rather a brunette, and she has been dyeing her own hair in her home for decades.
Y7MYx TIL around 20% of sperm are abnormal and may possess two heads, no heads, or two tails. Known as "kamikaze sperm", they are theorized to attack and kill the sperm of rival males with enzymes and block them from reaching the egg.
R5Wm6 TIL that the high-five is relatively new. The first recorded occurrence was in 1977 between two LA Dodgers players, Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke.
QJwYM TIL a 300' fire tornado ravaged an area in Japan during a earthquake in 1923.
oRw6E TIL flannel refers to a type of fabric, not a plaid or tartan pattern. "[N]ot all flannel shirts are plaid and not all plaid shirts are flannel."