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TIL: Juneau, AK is the largest community in North America not connected by road

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44gN TIL Oscar winners must sign an agreement stating that should they wish to sell their statuettes, they must first offer them to the Academy for $1. If they refuse, they cannot keep their trophy.
QJKm9 TIL For seven generations, the Crane family have been the sole supplier of the paper that the U.S. Dollar is printed on.
XBpP TIL all candidates in Iranian elections must have a master’s degree.
RPx6 TIL that Buzz Aldrin punching a moon landing-denier (Bart Sibrel) in the jaw occurred after Aldrin was tricked into believing he would be appearing on a Japanese children’s television show. Sibrel had brought a film crew to record Aldrin swearing on the bible that the moon landing wasn’t faked.
OvGY TIL the English word “warranty” was borrowed from French, then after the French word evolved (replacing ‘w’ with 'g’) it was borrowed again as the word “guarantee”. Thus the same word was borrowed twice and given different meanings.