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TIL that Grant Imahara from Mythbustes was a controller for the R2D2 model for “The Phantom Menace”

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j6J6v TIL the sun’s tide-generating force is about half that of the moon (Thurman, H.V., 1994).
mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)
Lkobp TIL of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal or "Pacal the Great", a Mayan king whose reign lasted 68 years, the longest in world history for more than a millennium and the fourth-longest verifiable reign of a sovereign monarch in history.
rnB4 TIL that it only takes 18 days to build a complete tolerance to a given daily dosage of caffeine.
dKoj TIL that after the broadcast of a documentary about the secret formula of Coca Cola, the brand cancelled ALL future commercials on French public TV, resulting in a revenue loss of millions of euros