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TIL in case Star Wars was a failure, George Lucas commissioned a low-budget sequel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye."

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BrvXD TIL that the last casualty of the Civil War was the death of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who after being wounded Battle of Petersburg in 1864 "lingered" until he finally died of his war wounds in 1914. Between his wounding and death he won the medal of honor and was elected Governor of Maine.
GwMJ TIL that there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called “Da Jesus Book”
EgbZp TIL: In 1876, the Mississippi River changed course by breaking away a peninsula that The Union army failed to do 13 years prior.
e0K0n TIL about the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, a federal law designed to block new inventions and technologies, restricting their publication if government agencies believe that disclosure would be “detrimental to the national security.” There were over 5000 inventions on the list as of 2010.
9n1r TIL Cacti are native to North America, so there are none in any other desert on earth.