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TIL the scrap metal value of an Oscar statue from the Academy Awards is worth around $650, but research concluded male actors after winning an Oscar typically saw a hike in salary of about $3.9 million. Winning an Oscar for Best Actress was worth up to $500,000 at best.

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ELEV TIL “Kintsukuroi” is the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
A6oB TIL “Princess sickness” is a term used in China and Korea to describe a psychological phenomenon affecting young women characterized by narcissism, egocentrism and melodramatic personality resulting in individuals acting like princesses.
rA1M TIL that Saturn has a hexagon on it’s north pole.
AGXl TIL That when a trainer taught a killer whale to swim to music, the killer whale then effectively taught the trainer to never play the same music twice, or else it would refuse to swim.
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