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TIL about the Academy Honorary Awards which are held separately to the Academy Awards. Recipients are rewarded for career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the Academy. They receive the same Oscar statue as the main Awards.

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epw1L TIL about millionaire Wellington Burt, who died in 1919 and deliberately held back his enormous fortune. His will denied any inheritance until 21 years after the death of his last surviving grandchild. The money sat in a trust for 92 years, until 12 descendants finally shared $110 million in 2011.
xVeKw TIL of "Spaceship Earth." The 175 ton, $1 million statue whose artist said it would stand for 1,000 years. It collapsed 3 months later.
4XnLX TIL that in 2004 Mark Zuckerberg referred to Facebook users as "dumb f*cks" for giving him their information.
LeAm TIL famous Youtube prankster Jack Vale made a video where he attempts to pull a stunt on the ‘local police’ which depicted them to be aggressive. Police have investigated the video and it turned out it was fake and they were all actors
mpBY TIL the reason why action figures in the 60’s were 11 inches and the same action figures in the 70’s shrank to 4 inches was because of the oil shortage.