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TIL George Lucas gets paid every time you see an ad for the Motorola Droid. Because “Droid.”

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AN0Jl TIL that the founder of the CCP believed in free democracy and free press.
xg95 TIL on 5 March 1945, a Gurkha soldier in the British army calmly stood up in open sight and killed a sniper pinning down his company before going on to clear 5 enemy bunkers, single-handedly, all whilst under heavy fire.
kOdjm TIL about Peter Oakley, known as Geriatric1927 on youtube, he was the most subscribed youtube account in 2006, in his channel he talked about his life experiences, such as growing up in the UK during WW2 and experiencing the British inter-war school system, he passed away in 2014 at 86 years old
W7vP8 TIL that some seven tons of steel were recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center to make the bow of the USS New York (LPD-21).
DNXP TIL it has been scientifically proven that the less you know, the more you think you know