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TIL Oscar winners are forbidden from selling or disposing of their trophies without first offering it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for $1.

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8aW5V TIL that plate armor and firearms had coexisted for over 300 years in Europe. Armor had been in an arms race against firearms during that time, and it wasn't until the 16th century that full body armor was phased out in favor of prioritizing protection of vitals.
4XWW6 TIL Radiohead recorded their 2011 album 'King of Limbs' at Drew Barrymore's house.
BgEMx TIL that there are car vending machines
d8N6B TIL Gustaw Herling wrote a book in 1951 entitled A World Apart about the two years he spent in the Soviet gulag, and that the book ends with letters from prominent Communists assuring westerners that these camps don't exist.
R7w7w TIL The Starbucks at the CIA headquarters protects the identities of its CIA patrons by never writing any names on the drinks, putting workers through intense background check processes, and not using reward cards in fear of the data of the card befalling into the wrong hands.