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TIL Since 1950, Oscar award recipients have been required to sign an agreement promising that neither they nor their heirs will sell their statuette without first offering it back to the Academy for $1

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djo9 TIL that Guy Fieri required show researchers for “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” to take note of any indications of homosexuality for potential restauranteurs to be featured on the show. Guy allegedly stated, “You can’t send me to talk to gay people without warning! Those people weird me out!”
gMomb TIL that the Chinese government, worried about potential national embarrassments due to the behavior of tourists abroad, had the China’s National Tourism Administration publish an information packet titled, roughly, the Guide to Civilized Tourism and Travel.
yGBa TIL Human Saliva contains a painkiller 6 times more potent then morphine
KOy4Q TIL BBC delayed the release of David Bowie's song Space Oddity due to the Moon Landing
OG6RY TIL when the 1984 film “Red Dawn” was in production, it was reported that a T-72 tank built for the film was such a precise replica, that while it was being carted around Los Angeles, two CIA intelligence officers followed the tank to the movie studio wanting to know where it had come from.