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TIL George C. Scott called the Oscars "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons," and sent a telegram to the Academy telling them that he'd be refusing the award, and didn't even want his name on the ballot.

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dDkpZ TIL that the African American Heritage Flag, created in 1967, represents the black experience in the United States. The wreath represents peace and prosperity, the blunted sword is a symbol of pride and knowledge, and the colors stand for blood shed for dignity and "pride in our pigmentation".
JYrgQ TIL A German study has found the use of lavender oil (Silexan) at 80 mg or 160 mg to be safe and effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders
kG85 TIL that it is possible to die of drowning up to 24 hours after leaving the water. “Dry Drowning” victims can be walking and talking while their lungs are filled with water.
Aeen TIL There is a vault in the arctic that stores over 860k different varieties of food crop seeds as an insurance policy for the world’s food supply
0delN TIL that ice cave was coined by Edwin Swift Balch in 1900, and the three main temperature mechanisms are cold traps, permafrost and evaporative cooling. These mechanisms finally result in the cave temperature being colder than surface and then ice cave is formed.