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TIL the first video to mention China on YouTube is also the first UFO video ever on the platform

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gdpA TIL David Prowse, the guy in the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy, is banned by George Lucas from all Star Wars events.
Y6Zx TIL During World War II, prisoners of war in Canada were treated so nicely that they didn’t want to leave Canada when they were released.
VB6lG TIL Albert Einstein holds a patent for a refrigerator. He created the device after learning a faulty fridge seal killed a family in Berlin. It was rendered obsolete a few years later by the invention of Freon.
Egm0d TIL that British actress Naomi Watt's father Peter Watts was a sound engineer who worked with Pink Floyd.He can be heard on the track "Brain Damage",where he contributed the repeated laughter
nW8Do TIL that the 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the last time winners received medals made of 100% solid gold. Ever since 1st place medals have been gold plated.