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TIL that Princess Leia's hair in Star Wars was inspired by women of the Mexican revolution.

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Lk01d Til the American Government tried to instill the values of home ownership in the American people with federal programs in 1917 to prevent the rise of communism as they believed people who owned their own homes had a stake in the capitalist system.
v5L8 TIL when King George III found out Washington had given up command of the revolutionary army, and was planning to return to his farm after the war, He said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”
W774X TIL A “Keynesian beauty contest” describes why certain commodities are traded not for what they are intrinsically worth, but what others believe they are worth, creating an iteration of valuation belief — like a beauty contest where the judge chooses a winner by guessing the audience’s choice.
Vv7Z TIL When Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, went to prison for conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia, his cellmate was Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street.
BgKeD TIL ducks are well known to turn cannibalistic when bored. It has been well documented to be aggravated by overcrowding, lack of ventilation and faulty nutrition. The only known way to stop it is to remove the rim at the front of the bird’s upper bill through a process known as beak-trimming.