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TIL that Yoda’s appearance was based on his own creator, Stuart Freeborn, who modeled Yoda after his own likeness.

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xJWo TIL In Scrubs, Ted’s (played by Sam Lloyd) band ‘The Worthless Peons’ is Sam Lloyd’s actual a capella band 'The Blanks’ which he formed in college.
E1OxX TIL that the whole idea that fish don’t have long-term memories and aren’t very smart in general is plain wrong. In the contrary, fish are actually very intelligent creatures, can remember whole neighborhoods, some use tools like we do and can even do the math.
NJjE TIL: The word “dude” first appeared in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions.
kXAW TIL Christopher Columbus made the natives each bring him a specified amount of gold every three months. Those who didn’t collect enough gold in time had their hands amputated and were left to bleed to death.
woMxE TIL Frank Herbert’s Dune was rejected by twenty publishers, and was finally accepted by Chilton, which was primarily known for car repair manuals.