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TIL Shawshank Redemption never won a single Oscar, despite being nominated for 7, mostly because Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction came out the same year.

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MewW TIL Muslims do not “struggle” to pray in space, and Islamic scholars have convened on the topic twice and published their scholarly opinions in “Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station”
Z800B TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings.
XL1R TIL in 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.
AgDx TIL there are more than 83,000 Americans who are still listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Also, the third Friday of every September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
LQBNP TIL that NASA proposed in 2017 that a "magnetic shield" placed between the Sun & Mars (Mars Lagrange point L1) could protect Mars' Atmosphere from being stripped away by solar wind.