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TIL the ‘TIE’ in 'TIE Fighters’ is an acronym for “Twin Ion Engine”

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E1wAW Today i learned Gadaffi invited 500 Italian models to a party, only to give them an hour lecture on Islam and a copy of the Qur'an each.
dDYm7 TIL in 1508, Barthélemy de Chasseneuz made his reputation as a criminal lawyer by his eloquent defense of a group of rats who were put on trial for destroying the barley crop of the province.
e0Vvk TIL that a tower was built on the Florida Keys in 1929 and filled with bats to control the mosquito problem. The bats flew away, never to return, and the tower since toppled during Hurricane Irma.
LnwP TIL that astronomers found a star that formed in the same gas cloud as the Sun.
4kKX TIL there really IS a bakery where you can gamble with muffins! It’s called Double or Muffin! You buy a muffin and flip a coin. If you win you get two muffins and if you lose you get one muffin!