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TIL Stan Lee’s job classification in the American military during WWII was ‘playwright’. He didn’t find this out until he was discharged.

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JYr5m TIL The government in various states used to call their electric chair "Old Sparky"
epwoL Today I learned that Yoda's famous line "There is another" originally referred to Nellith, a character who was planned to appear in the sequel trilogy as Luke's twin sister. The idea was scrapped, and Leia became Luke's sister instead.
Xpkk TIL Most wasabi eaten in the United States is actually just a blend of horseradish, mustard, and food coloring due to the prices of real wasabi.
08eN TIL The Ringer includes about 150 disabled athletes and actors — the largest population of intellectual disabled people ever portrayed in a movie
1ag4X TIL of Huang Yijun, a 92-year-old woman who delivered a 60-year-old "stone baby" (calcified fetus) in 2009