TIL that up until the past year, Oscar judges DID NOT have to watch the movies they were giving the awards to.
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Submitted February 08, 2026 at 07:24PM by GossipBottom
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the Guardian
‘Were they just voting on vibes?’: Oscars’ new compulsory viewing rule sparks backlash
The announcement that members must watch all films nominated in a category in order to vote for the winner, is met with disbelief that it wasn’t already the case
TIL 3 Doors Down's breakout song "Kryptonite" - taken from their debut album "The Better Life" (2000) - was written by the late frontman Brad Arnold when he was only 15, during a math class in high school. It was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
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Submitted February 08, 2026 at 07:16PM by Away_Flounder3813
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Inverse
Will you still call me Superman: The history of 3 Doors Down's “Kryptonite”
In interviews with frontman Brad Arnold, music video director Dean Karr, and others, Inverse explores the origin story of "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.
TIL that a former U.S. embassy in Turkey has the "unique distinction of being the first and only U.S. diplomatic premises to be won in a poker game."
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Submitted February 08, 2026 at 06:46PM by visual_overflow
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TIL Sony pictures won the right to distribute Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) over Warner Bros. by agreeing to a stipulation that the full ownership of the film's underlying copyright would revert back to Tarantino after 30 years.
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Submitted February 08, 2026 at 10:41PM by tyrion2024
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The Hollywood Reporter
Quentin Tarantino Scored Rare Ownership Deal With ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
By acquiring the copyright to his latest release, Quentin Tarantino joins a rarefied group of helmers that includes George ?Lucas and Mel ?Gibson.
TIL Even though Pedialyte is marketed towards children, over a third of sales come from adults with hangovers.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 12:49AM by redmambo_no6
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TIL the very first Super Bowl halftime show in 1967 featured a "rocket belt" demonstration where two jet pack pilots flew across the field. Representing the rival AFL and NFL, they launched from the field, flew to the 50-yard line, and shook hands to mark the historic game.
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Submitted February 08, 2026 at 07:04PM by ralphbernardo
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Slate Magazine
Every Super Bowl Halftime Show Should Feature Jetpacks
For those of us who don’t follow football, the Super Bowl can be an annual exercise in frustration. The best sports let us find freedom, power, and...
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TIL Jessica Biel once had to shoot an arrow right at the camera for an action shot on Blade: Trilogy. To protect the camera and crew, they put up a thick piece of Plexiglass with a hole cut through for the lens to see out... and Biel nailed the lens, destroying the $300,000 camera.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 03:57AM by res30stupid
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Peta Pixel
Jessica Biel Destroyed a $300,000 Camera on ‘Blade: Trinity’ Set with a Perfect Arrow Shot
Oops!
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TIL Dorodango is a traditional Japanese childhood hobby of polishing balls of mud into glossy shiny spheres. Mythbusters used the technique to bust the myth that one "can't polish a turd" and created highly glossy lion & ostrich dung balls
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 03:56AM by CraftyFoxeYT
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TIL that to date, there have been no confirmed cases of popcorn lung disease as a result of vaping in Canada.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 04:15AM by Commercial_Duck4042
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www.canada.ca
Risks of vaping - Canada.ca
Les risques du vapotage
TIL not everyone is taught there are 7 continents on Earth
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 05:12AM by Random0101User
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BBC Science Focus Magazine
How many continents are there in the world? It depends who you ask - BBC Science Focus Magazine
There are either four, five, six, or seven continents in the world, depending on who you ask.
TIL a CIA agent disappeared on Kish Island, a popular tourist destination in Iran, on March 9, 2007
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 08:03AM by Kurelius
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TIL Harvard University was found in 1636, 16 years after the Pilgrims arrived in America on the Mayflower in 1620.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 08:48AM by iKickdaBass
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Harvard University
The history of Harvard University
Since its founding in 1636, the Harvard community has created an enduring history of educational advancement, innovative leadership, and groundbreaking scholarly work.
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TIL about Wigner's Friend, a quantum mechanics' thought experiment that shows that two different people can observe the exact same experiment and arrive at completely contradictory, yet both technical correct, conclusions.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 10:55AM by JosZo
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TIL Bad Bunny’s stage name came from a childhood photo of him in a bunny costume
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 10:50AM by Alternative-Win4058
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TIL that in 1843, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel revolutionized shipbuilding by introducing large iron-hulled, screw-propelled ships, helping shift the maritime industry away from traditional wooden sailing vessels.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 01:09PM by stoictrader03
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Historic UK
SS Great Britain, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship
A recent popular poll placed Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the second Greatest Briton of all time. He was without doubt Britain’s greatest engineer, and of all the legacies he left to the world, one of his greatest was the SS Great Britain...
TIL about Veblen goods, for which the demand increases as the price rises
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 12:33PM by Johannes_P
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TIL Alexander the Great was tutored by Aristotle, and thus an additional link in the chain of great classical philosophers - Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle who taught Alexander the Great!
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 02:50PM by Verbal-Gerbil
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History Skills
When Alexander was Aristotle's student: the greatest philosopher taught the greatest general
In 343 BCE, King Philip II of Macedon hired Aristotle to educate his thirteen-year-old son, Alexander. The philosopher and the prince spent several years together at Mieza, where Aristotle taught a range of subjects to prepare Alexander for kingship.
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TIL Katy Perry’s halftime performance at Superbowl XLIX that saw the Seahawks and the Patriots face off in 2015, was seen by more people then the general game itself.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 02:43PM by AnonRetro
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Guinness World Records
Super Bowl XLIX: How Brady, Belichick and Katy Perry's shark ensured the records tumbled
Super Bowl XLIX was expected to be historic.
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TIL That due to limited plumbing and water supply in Antartica, research stations use incinerator toilets. An incinerator toilet is a waterless, self-contained sanitation unit that uses high temperatures to combust human waste (solid and liquid) into small amounts of sterile, odorless ash.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 04:18PM by Behindthescenes10
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TIL The Royal Canadian Mint manufactures coinage for 80 different foreign countries and is widely considered as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of foreign currency
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 05:10PM by Theblindsource
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 05:10PM by Theblindsource
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TIL Italian composer Luciano Berio was famous for his sense of humour: he gave a 2-hour seminar praising Beethoven’s 7th Symphony as a work of radical genius, then the next day delivered another 2-hour lecture on the symphony, this time showing why it was hopelessly flawed and a creative dead end.
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Submitted February 09, 2026 at 05:32PM by VegemiteSucks
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