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TIL Christoph Waltz is the only actor from a Quentin Tarantino film to win an Oscar

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nWKD7 TIL that under New York City, on the lower concourse of Grand Central Station, there’s a windowless, 440-seat oyster and seafood bar that has been serving customers since the terminal’s opening in 1913. Except for brief closures for a fire in 1997 and COVID-19 it has operated continuously.
GAQkG TIL 'Tijuana Bibles' were print versions of Rule 34 comics from almost 100 years ago
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