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TIL Each winner of the Masters golf tournament gets one green jacket, and for each subsequent victory, he gets the same jacket.

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L4lP TIL The sound of Darth Vader mask’s respirator function is trademarked in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under Trademark #77419252 and is officially described in the documentation as “The sound of rhythmic mechanical human breathing created by breathing through a scuba tank regulator.”
xVLm0 TIL the original Illuminati sought to suppress religion's role in society. Opposing superstition, religious influence over public, abuses of state power. Outlawed by the Catholic Church, vilified by conservatives and religious critics caused many conspiracy theories you hear of them, even today.
gj8 TIL that robotics researchers in Japan have built a robot avatar body that is controlled by thought alone
QJNOe TIL telling ghost stories was a Victorian Christmas tradition that has largely disappeared but survives in "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "A Christmas Carol"
mxlXM TIL that Breaking Bad was originally set in Riverside,California but at the suggestion of Sony Albuquerque was chosen for the production location due to the favorable financial conditions offered by the state of New Mexico.Eventually,the story was changed to be set at the actual production location.