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TIL the original working title for the second prequel film was ‘Jar Jar’s Big Adventure’ as a response to the negative reaction by fans towards the character

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Wk4YY TIL about the Capital Allowances for Intangible Assets, a tax evasion scheme used by Apple, in which a company reroutes its profits to a tax heaven, but also lends itself money to start the scheme and deducts interest on the loan to avoid even more taxes
E1XDp TIL that the treasure hunting company, Odyssey, discovered the ship wreck of the HMS Sussex (1694) which had up to $500 million worth of gold on board in 2001. Despite a deal with the British government retrieve the loot, Spain refuses to let a team survey the site to this this day.
6Ev8W TIL of Henri Giraud, who escaped German captivity in World War I by pretending to be a circus performer, and AGAIN in World War II by scaling down a mountain fortress in his 60s.
nJyP TIL At the height of WW1, a German-American miner was lynched by a hysterical anti-German mob in Illinois. The participants were all promptly acquitted by a jury, with the Washington Post stating that although the murder was bad, it was a ‘healthful and wholesome’ show of patriotism.
4XG5N TIL That 16000 Hz Sine Waves are used by some grocery stores to deter teenagers after curfew. The reason these sounds work is because kids and teens hear them, but adults can’t. This is caused by the ears’ “age”. For people in their 30’s and older, they can’t hear these specific 16000 Hz sounds.