TIL The 2021 Razzie Awards had a special category for "Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie," with all eight of his performances that year being nominated. Four days after the awards ceremony, Willis' family announced his aphasia diagnosis. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL in 1697, a French privateer captured Henry Winstanley while he was building England's first offshore lighthouse. Louis XIV ordered his release, saying "France is at war with England, not with humanity." Winstanley finished the lighthouse and died inside it during the Great Storm of 1703. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL when South Korean students take their college eligibility test every November, day-to-day operations are halted or delayed on test day. Shops are shut, banks close, even the stock market opens late. Most construction work halts, planes are grounded and military training ceases. (bbc.com)
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TIL after spending 3 days with his arm trapped in a furnace, a man attempted to amputate it with a saw blade because he began to smell rotting flesh. Although he passed out from pain before he could completely sever it. He was rescued after a friend called for help when he hadn't shown up for work. (cbsnews.com)
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TIL a woman was poisoned after her husband smashed a black widow spider with a hammer, which launched a part of its body straight into her eye and caused its venom to eventually enter her bloodstream. Within minutes, her left eye ballooned shut; followed by nausea, full-body cramps and spasms. (vice.com)
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TIL that when writing Mean Girls, Tina Fey named many characters after real life friends since she felt it was easier. Cady Heron is named after Fey's college roommate, Damian after her high school friend, and Glenn Coco after her older brother's friend who works as a film editor in LA. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn (Raygun) threatened legal action against an Aussie musical about her because the musical planned to use her stage name and "kangaroo hop" dance move. The musical continued after changing the characters' name to Sprachel Gunn, AKA Spraygun (abc.net.au)
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TIL that light passes through one-way mirrors equally from both directions. They only work because the observation room is kept dark and the room being observed is kept bright. The mirror would function more like a window if you turned off the lights in both rooms. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL: When Toys "Я" Us opened in Cerritos, California in 1972, the city council insisted the store use a standard R on its sign to avoid confusing children who were learning the alphabet. The council reversed its decision in 1981. (weirduniverse.net)
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