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TIL that the desert planet of Tatootine in Star Wars was originally meant to be a jungle planet. One of the producers found sites in the Philippines, but thought director George Lucas would be "itchy" from all of the filming in the jungle, so Lucas decided to make Tatootine a desert planet.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 12:48PM by ImwithDurr
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TIL in 1974, a lawyer wrote to the Cleveland Browns threatening to sue if their fans kept throwing paper airplanes at games, and got the reply 'Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.'
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 04:45PM by G_man252
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TIL In 1950, a Nebraska church exploded during what was meant to be choir practice. But no one in the 15-person choir was hurt or killed, because they were all running late for different reasons. No one was in the building when it went up in flames.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 02:08PM by Tokyono
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TIL about a cool dude named Thomas Sankara, the first president of Burkina Faso and AKA Africa's Che Guevara. He had over 10 million trees planted, outlawed genital mutilation, polygamy and forced marriages, and led the first African government to recognize AIDS as a major threat to Africa
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 07:36PM by leavingsociety
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TIL in World War II, a few engineers wanted to reinforce the (returned) fighter planes where most of the bullet holes were. Mr. Abraham Wald then said: Let's reinforce them where no bullet holes are instead - because apparently, airplanes hit in these spots did NOT return.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 06:49PM by Cinema7D
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TIL a live recording of pop saxophonist Kenny G's "Going Home" is played in businesses/stores/stations/on TV throughout China at the end of the day. Many Chinese people associate the song with going home or finishing work, though they do not know the track or artist
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 03:40PM by ergotpoisoning
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TIL the iconic Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64 was created by only 9 people.... and 8 of them had never once worked on a video game before!
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 08:43PM by UPVOTEwhenyouCOMMENT
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TIL- The Guy Fawkes mask used by a number of activist groups (including anti-capitalist groups) is copyrighted and owned by Time Warner. Everytime a mask is purchased, Time Warner get paid.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 07:08PM by jbuk02
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TIL that the Captain of the USS Indianapolis was court-martialed for its' sinking in 1945. In 1996, a history project by a sixth grader cleared his name.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 09:23PM by dirtyleft
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TIL the most successful pirate captain of the Golden Age of Piracy, "Black" Bart, had very strict rules on his ship, prohibiting all lights and drinking after 8 in the evening. There was also a complete ban on gambling. If a crew member got hurt, he received a pension proportionate to his injury
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 09:25PM by donfelicedon2
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TIL that in 1907, French waiters went on strike for the right to have mustaches. In France prior to 1907, mustaches were a symbol of class and stature, while waiters were seen as lower class and thus - not mustache-worthy.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 02:21AM by jake12201
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TIL Jimi Hendrix’s contract for Woodstock stipulated that no act could play after him. The scheduled performance times went so far off that he didn’t take the stage until 9am Monday morning. Most people had already left, and only about 10,000 people actually saw him play.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 03:24AM by 02K30C1
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TIL about Brady Snakovsky, a 9 year old who was watching Live PD and noticed a K9 without a bulletproof vest on, so he made a go-fund-me with his mom to purchase a vest for the dog and instead raised over $80,000, which was used to create a legitimate charitable organization donating to police.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 04:31AM by secretlifeofnathan
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TIL that "Taco Tuesday" isn't something just any restaurant can celebrate. It's trademarked by a Wyoming-based chain called Taco John's, which routinely sends cease-and-desist letters to other restaurants that use it.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 04:12AM by PikesPique
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TIL For 10 years, Emerich Juettner printed poorly made counterfeit $1 bills (Washington was spelled Wasihgton). He never used more than $1 at a time and never in the same place twice. He was caught only after a fire at his apartment. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and a $1 fine.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 05:36AM by Mombak
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TIL That after two children carelessly destroyed a sculpture called “Angel is waiting”, while their parents filmed them, the artist renamed it “Broken” and left it on display with a video monitor showing footage of the incident.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 01:44PM by Tokyono
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TIL that the late professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow received second degree burns over 40% of his body while rescuing 3 children from a burning house and spent 10 days recovering in a hospital.
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Submitted August 14, 2019 at 03:20PM by ChanceGuest
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