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TIL the novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" (1978) by Alan Dean Foster was originally written as a low-budget sequel to "Star Wars" (1977) in the event that film would financially fail. Instead, after the film's success, the novel became among the first works in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
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TIL An American researcher on Chinese history was able to uncover sensitive information on the Cultural Revolution through “garbology” or by digging through archival materials at flea markets and vendors because access to the official archives is strictly controlled by the Chinese government
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TIL the reason why taking Pepto Bismol can cause your tongue and poop to turn black is because the active ingredient, Bismuth, reacts with the trace amounts of sulfur found in saliva and the gastrointestinal tract.
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TIL that in 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Freud, and Trotsky all lived within walking distance of each other in Vienna.
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TIL that, Great Wall of China expansion project is believed to be funded by lottery