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TIL the Texas judge who beat his daughter was reinstated to the bench

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v1mbD TIL C-3PO's actor, Anthony Daniels, flubbed most of his lines on the first day of shooting STAR WARS. After repeatedly messing up, George Lucas came up to Daniels and said, "You can say anything you like. We can fix it later." Daniels then proceeded to speak his next lines in gibberish
NXGvJ TIL in 1965-1966 Agostino "Angus" Giuseppe A Barbieri fasted for over a year (382 days) under medical supervision to lose 276 pounds. During that time he only consumed vitamins, electrolytes and yeast as well as zero-calorie drinks. The only exceptions were small amts of milk and sugar with his tea
78Aer TIL The "Burly Brawl" scene (Agent Smith vs Neo) in the Matrix Reloaded cost $40 million
l7xar TIL there is a tiny community of Amerindians in the Northeastern Brazilian state of Amapa that speak a unique French creole called "Karipúna French Creole" that mixes French with local native tongues including Karipuna, an Arawakan language.
R5Rl8 TIL Limerick, Ireland is the only place in the world with the orginal KFC recipe because Pat Grace who owns Chicken Hut was best friends with Colonel Sanders, and Sanders passed on the recipe to Grace before he died.