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TIL that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 originally had the Twin Towers in the game, but they were removed a week after the attack

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QJ7EX TIL Roosevelt Franklin, the first “black” muppet, a major character who was phased out after complaints that he was too black and not black enough.
VBv4m TIL That Prior to Serving as Secretary of Defense from 2001-2006, Donald Rumsfeld had Previously Held the Same Post from 1975-1977, Making Him Both the Youngest and the Oldest Secretary of Defense in U.S. History.
8ylb TIL that creating a Death Star would cost roughly $850,000,000,000,000,000 and that it would take about 833,000 years to build. It would also need a laser of 1,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms worth of matter to have enough energy to destroy a planet for each time it was fired.
ra4y TIL Five years ago, Billy Crystal signed a one day contract with the New York Yankees. His position: “Designated Hebrew”.
MaGa TIL, to cheer up George Lucas while filming the trash compactor scene, Mark Hamill would grab pieces of trash and sing, to the tune of “Chattanooga Choo Choo:” “Pardon me, George, could this be Dianoga poo-poo?” This did not cheer Lucas up.