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TIL that the "vocalizations" for Chewbacca were inspired by a sad walrus in an emptied out pool.

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egK5 TIL that Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall” is cyclical, with the phrase “Isn’t this where…“ ”…we came in?” split in half between the first and last song. When the two songs are spliced together, the complete phrase “Isn’t this where we came in?” forms, proposing that Pink’s story repeats itself
N7KnN TIL that listening to metal and it's subgenres has been found to help relieve stress and decrease hostility, according to a study by the University of Queensland in 2015
KRL9 TIL that when Uwe Boll made a bid to direct the Warcraft movie, Blizzard responded, “We will not sell the movie rights, not to you… especially not to you”
7k6M TIL G.I. stood for General Issue, or Government Issue, and that soldiers sardonically referred to themselves as “G.I.” = “General Issue” items, all equally as disposable as helmets, boots, tents, canteens, rifles, jeeps, trucks, tanks, and combat aircraft.
8ewa8 TIL that Caterpie is based on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail