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TIL Harrison Ford (the actor who plays Han Solo) is two years older than Ian Mcdiarmid (the actor who plays the Emperor)

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b6Ml7 TIL the 1965 Spiegelman's Monster experiment demonstrated genetic replication and evolution in real-time at the molecular level, showing how natural selection could drive the emergence of more efficient genetic replication, even in an artificial setting.
rR1g0 TIL of 'Whiskey Plates'; in Minnesota those involved in certain DWI and DUI incidents obtain special registration plates that always begin with the letter 'W'.
wLLm6 TIL Character Actor Crispin Glover made an album called The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be in 1989, with songs about barking clowns, a rap about masturbating, and a Nancy Sinatra cover
49Wg TIL that Shell had a peaceful non-violent protest leader murdered by Nigeria because they wanted oil on the land of the protester. Shell was sued and settled the lawsuit for millions.
KP7B TIL of the mellified man, who, entering old age, would choose to consume nothing but honey until he died; and then would be entombed in honey for a century plus before being unmasked and eaten for health benefits.