Did you know what entertainer has won 3 Academy Awards in one night?
Only 2 Artist in history have won multiple academy awards, that would be...
The first was Billy Wilder was, he an Austria/Hungarian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films.
Did you know that Wilder was regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age?
Did you know that Wilder is one of only five people who have won Academy Awards as producer, director, and writer for the same film (The Apartment)?
2 June 1906 – 27 March 2002)
The second person win was Marvin Hamlisch made movie history in 1974 when he became the first individual ever to win three Academy Awards in one night (for his scoring and writing songs for "The Way We Were," and for adapting Scott Joplin's ragtime music for "The Sting"). 
1973 Winner, Best Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
1973 Winner, Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
1973 Winner, Best Original Song - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
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Did You Know this American Idol Grammy Trivia?
Did you know that Season 5 had the Most Grammy-Nominated contestants? |
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 Did you know that Carrie Underwood has won more Grammy Awards than any other American Idol Contest? She won five awards.
Did you know that Underwood became the first American Idol contestant to have a song nominated for Song of the Year?
Did you know that Underwood is also the fastest American Idol Contestant to win a Grammy Award, 1 year and 4 months since the release of her debut album, Some Hearts?
Did you know that Carrie Underwood became the first American Idol contestant to be nominated under the Best New Artist category? Did you know that Underwood also became the first American Idol contestant to win a Big Four Grammy Category - Best New Artist in 2007?
| Carrie Underwood |
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| Year | Category | Track/Album | Result |
| 2011 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Temporary Home" | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Just a Dream" | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals | "I Told You So" | Winner |
| 2009 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Last Name" | Winner |
| 2008 | Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals | "Oh Love" | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Before He Cheats" | Winner |
| 2007 | Best New Artist | N/A | Winner |
| 2007 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | Winner
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| Fantasia Barrino |
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| Year | Category | Track/Album | Result |
| 2011 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Bittersweet" | Winner |
| 2011 | Best R&B Album | Back to Me | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | "I'm His Only Woman" (w/Jennifer Hudson) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Fantasia | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "When I See U" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance | "Summertime" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Free Yourself" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best R&B Album | Free Yourself | Nominated |
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Did you know that Kelly Clarkson became the first American Idol to win a Grammy?
Did you know that Kelly Clarkson & Ruben Studdard became the first American Idols to be nominated for a Grammy Award?
Kelly Clarkson |
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| Year | Category | Track/Album | Result |
| 2010 | Best Pop Vocal Album | All I Ever Wanted | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Country Collaboration | "Because of You (w/Reba McEntire)" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Pop Vocal Album | Breakaway | Winner |
| 2006 | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | "Since U Been Gone" | Winner |
| 2004 | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | "Miss Independent" | Nominated | | | | |
Did you know that Jennifer Hudson became the first American Idol contestant to win a Grammy and a Oscar?
| Jennifer Hudson |
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| Year | Category | Track/Album | Result |
| 2009 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Spotlight" | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best R&B Album | Jennifer Hudson | Winner |
| 2009 | Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | "I'm His Only Woman" (w/Fantasia) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Motion Picture Soundtrack or Compilation
| Dreamgirls Soundtrack | Nominated |
Did you know that despite multiple nominations, Daughtry have lost all categories?
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| Chris Daughtry/Daughtry |
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| Year | Category | Track/Album | Result |
| 2008 | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group w/ Vocals | "Home" | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Rock Album | Daughtry | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group w/ Vocals | "It's Not Over" | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Rock Song | "It's Not Over" | Nominated |
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Did you know that in the
United States, obesity has been a growing problem and seems to have reached epidemic proportions in the last few year?
Did you know that Soda consumption has been a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic?
Did you know that medical costs related to obesity are about $147 billion a year?
Did you know that there are currently 33 states that have a sales tax on soft drinks?
Did you know that to counter the problem of children's easy access to soft drinks, in 2005, the American Beverage Association began working to remove soft drink machines from US primary schools (grades 1 to 8), and to replace soft drinks with healthier beverages such as orange juice and milk?
Did you know that High schools would have a 50/50 percent balance of machines dispensing soft drinks and healthier alternatives?.
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Did you know that in 2009, the
American Heart Association reported that the soft drinks and sugar sweetened beverages are the number one contributor of added sugars in Americans’ diets?
Did you know that the excessive intake of added sugars, as opposed to naturally occurring sugars, is implicated in the rise in obesity?
Did you know that support for a soda tax has been higher when pollsters say the money will go towards health care?
Did you know that a
soda tax or
soft drink tax is a
tax or
surcharge on
soft drinks?
Did you know that the main goal of a soda tax is to discourage
unhealthy diets and offset the
economic costs of obesity?
Did you know that the American Beverage Association, has been lobbying against the creation of soft drink taxes, and to date has raised about $8.67 million dollars.
Did you know the Proposed benefits of the soda tax include:?
- To decrease consumption of soft drinks.
- To generate revenue for relevant health needs: improving diet, increasing physical activity, obesity prevention, nutrition education, advancing healthcare reform, etc.[12]
- Reduce environmental impacts of soft drink manufacture, distribution and consumption.
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Did you know that Myelomaor Kahler's disease was named after Otto Kahler?
Did you know that Myelomaor Kahler collections of abnormal cells accumulate in bones, where they cause bone lesions, and in the bone marrow where they interfere with the production of normal blood cells?
Did you know that most cases of myeloma also feature the production of a paraprotein, an abnormal antibody that can cause kidney problems and interferes with the production of normal antibodies leading to immunodeficiency? Did you know that the disease develops in 1–4 per 100,000 people per year?
Did you know that Myelomaor Kahler is more common in men, and is twice as common in blacks as it is in whites?
Did you know that with conventional treatment, the prognosis is 3–4 years, which may be extended to 5–7 years or longer with advanced treatments?
Did you know that former NFL linebacker
Elijah Alexander died after a nearly five-year battle with
Myelomaor Kahler, he was 39.?
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Did you know that Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March of 2012?
Did you know that Zuckerberg claims that managing the site has become too stressful?
Did you know that many financial industry leaders are criticizing Zuckerberg for walking away from a multibillion dollar franchise?
Did you know that Facebook is currently ranked as one of the wealthiest businesses in the world, with economists estimating its value at around 7.9 billion?
Did you know that Zuckerberg says that “Facebook has gotten out of control”?
Did you know that Zuckerberg said "the stress of managing this company has ruined my life?”
Did you know that Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th of next year, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts?
Did you know that they have a Facebook Petition that you can sign to save it, SIGN THE “SAVE FACEBOOK” PETITION HERE?
Did you know that the Facebook Corporation suggests that users remove all of their personal information from the website before March 15th, 2012, after that date, all photos, notes, links, and videos will be permanently erased?
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Did you know that
Ivy Bean was a British internet personality?
Did you know that Ivy was known for being the oldest person in the world on both
Facebook and
Twitter?
Did you know that Ivy Beans died she was 95?
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Did you know that Japan take the tsunami threat so seriously that one university even has a specialist engineering faculty to study the natural effect?
Did you know that there is also a Tsunami Warning Service, established in 1952, and run by the Japan Meteorological Society (JMA)?
Did you know that six regional centres connected up to 300 sensors located across Japan's islands, including around 80 water-borne sensors, monitor seismic activity round the clock?
Did you know that if an earthquake looks as if it has the potential to trigger a tsunami, the JMA issues an alert within three minutes of it being identified?
Did you know that the alerts are broadcast on all radio and TV channels, and if necessary an evacuation warning is also given?
Did you know that the JMA aims to give people in the path of the wave at least 10 minutes' warning to evacuate the area?
Did you know that local authorities, central government and disaster relief organisations also get warnings via special channels so they can respond to a disaster swiftly?
Did you know that the JMA's network is so sophisticated that it can predict the height, speed, destination and arrival time of any tsunami destined for Japanese shores?
Did you know thatTsunami waves can attain speeds of up to 1000km/h in the open seas?
Tsunami Walls
Did you know that one of the more prominent countries which have implemented tsunami walls is Japan? Japan has extensively built tsunami walls of height 4.5 metres in some high density coastal areas. Other features accompanying the tsunami walls are floodgates and channel to redirect water in the event of a tsunami.
Mangrove Trees
Did you know that Mangrove trees planted along the coasts can significantly help to reduce the destruction caused by tsunami waves as the mangrove trees can act as a barrier and reduce the force of the oncoming waves.
In addition, environmentalists believe that the removal of coastal mangrove trees could have intensified the effect of the tsunami in some locations.
Sirens
Did you know that it is important to install sirens on the beaches in tsunami prone areas in order to warn the local population of an incoming tsunami? Having sirens is effective because it is loud in delivering the warning.
Warning Signs
Did you know that warning signs are relatively important as they inform people, especially foreigners of the local dangers and appropriate action to take in case of a tsunami?
Did you know that even with all these precautions and warning systems, Japan still remains at risk?
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