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TIL when “Star Wars: Holiday Special” writer Vilanch warned Lucas about building a story around characters who don’t speak, he was met with a “glacial” look. With Lucas’s attention elsewhere, the show became an abomination and he would later regret not exercising a tighter grip over the production.

kJ4ve TIL there was a plan to gild the Statue of Liberty in gold.
wDZM TIL that in soviet Russia there was a civilian award for bearing and raising 7 or more children called “The Order of Maternal Glory”
E1Xrw TIL China accounts for more than 60% of religiously unaffiliated people in the world
x6g7 TIL that the character of Nigel Thornberry is strongly influenced by David Attenborough
epayL TIL Jeremy Renner makes music and appears to have done so for years!