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TIL National Lampoon released a full length parody of Frank Herbert’s Dune - called Doon, the dessert planet. Giant pretzels replaced sand worms and the most valuable substance was beer, not spice

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N7bLJ TIL the heavily-armed US security forces meant to protect Category 1 nuclear material (e.g. plutonium) are employed by private companies
nawd TIL that Habitat for Humanity has built more than 600,000 homes and helped more than 3,000,000 people around the world
5VOvk TIL that Pete the friend/foil/antagonist in Mickey Mouse cartoons, comics, and other media is the oldest continuous Disney character
EgK9X TIL about the italien Hatchiko, a dog named Fido, who waited for 14 years at a bus stop for his owner, who was killed in an allied air raid during world war 2.
e0Pd6 TIL Native American actor Iron Eyes Cody fooled the world. After his death, it was revealed that he was of Sicilian parentage, and not Native American at all.