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TIL At age 9, Sorbono Bari became the youngest professor in the world and also nominated for a Nobel prize. Harvard University recognised him as a scientist when he was 6

by whatilearned February 8, 2023, 7:05 am

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TIL Betty White was nominated in the 1st Emmy category for female performers in 1950, 1 of the first women to have full creative control of her own TV show, while she was still living at home with her parents, the1st woman to host her own talk show and 1st woman to win an Emmy for game show hosting

by whatilearned December 28, 2022, 2:57 am

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TIL that Roderick Jaynes has been nominated for best editing multiple times. Roderick Jaynes is a fictional person that the Cohen brothers have used as their editor (they are their editors).

by whatilearned December 14, 2022, 1:22 pm

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TIL Shelley Duvall was nominated in the first Razzies for worst actress for her role in The Shining

by whatilearned December 1, 2022, 10:00 pm

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TIL Kenneth Branagh has been nominated for eight Oscars over thirty years – with only TWO being the same category – Director, Actor, Live Action Short Film, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Picture, Director (2), and Original Screenplay.

by whatilearned October 18, 2022, 4:57 pm

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TIL there have only ever been six horror films nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, and only one has won.

by whatilearned September 30, 2022, 5:06 pm

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Breaking News: The founder of r/Jokes has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

by cringeyjokesman September 30, 2022, 4:38 pm

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Who according to you should be nominated as person of year 2022?

by QuestionGuy September 9, 2022, 5:55 am

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TIL that children’s author Shel Silverstein, known for The Giving Tree, was also a songwriter who wrote the 1969 Johnny Cash track “A Boy Named Sue”. Several of Silverstein’s songs have been nominated for Grammys, Oscars, and Golden Globes.

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 7:07 pm

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TIL that Adolf Hitler was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1939… but that Swedish politician who sent the letter meant is ironically and withdrew his nomination.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 3:15 pm

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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.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 9:36 pm

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TIL that when Woody Harrelson was nominated for an Oscar for portraying pornographer Larry Flynt in ‘The People vs Larry Flynt,’ he was dismayed to discover the actual Flynt wasn’t invited to the awards show. Harrelson then brought Flynt as his plus one. Harrelson lost to Geoffrey Rush that year.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 12:13 pm

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