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TIL: Ecuador Uses the USD as Its Official Currency

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vdvx TIL that the human body may be incapable of living beyond 120 years due to genetic coding which may limit the amount of times our cells can divide.
R7WGj TIL that since 1950, Oscar winners or their heirs are not allowed to sell their Oscar statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy for $1. However pre 1950 statuettes are up for grabs. Michael Jackson bought the Gone With The Wind Best Picture Oscar for $1.5m
aDxL TIL that in 2010, Bill Murray walked into a bar with RZA and GZA of the Wu Tang Clan and started bartending. No matter what anyone ordered, he gave them shots of tequila.
4koj6 TIL in case Star Wars was a failure, George Lucas commissioned a low-budget sequel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye."
X8Z8 TIL that the classic PC game “Baldur’s Gate” was developed, alongside its engine, in 18 months by a team of 60 people who had never worked on a video game before.