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TIL Nobel Peace Prize medals can be gifted or displayed symbolically, but the prize itself legally and historically cannot be transferred to another individual.

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VBnvB TIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s novel used by a secret master race to give them special powers.
Y98W TIL that camels originated in the present day United States and only later spread to Asia and North Africa
DYAp TIL people who think they wake up just before their alarm goes off have brain waves showing they were asleep. They may simply be remembering — or not forgetting — the moments just before waking, while forgetting the rest of their sleep.
5G79 TIL actress Marilu Henner who has a highly unusual type of memory, known as HSAM, which allows her to recall extremely specific details of any day she experienced in her life, has been part of a study that may aid Alzheimer’s research.
J1b81 TIL John Lennon hated the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da calling it more of Paul's 'granny music shit'. When George Martin offered McCartney, a perfectionist, vocal tips, McCartney responded, "Well you come down and sing it," causing Martin to get really upset. The recording engineer quit next day.