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TIL Saudia Arabia accidentally printed thousands of textbooks containing an image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charter

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QBad TIL Gmail was announced on April 1, 2004, making many believe that the service was a joke.
Mebga TIL the Milwaukee Brewers mascot, Bernie Brewer, is based on a real person. Milt Mason sat on top of the scoreboard and refused to leave until 40,000 people came to a game. He stayed there 40 days.
yyNp TIL: that an entire operation theatre from the 1700’s was discovered in the roof of a London church in the 1950’s. The entrance had been walled up and the room undisturbed. The operating table has cuts in it left from amputations and other procedures.
8e1YX TIL that reindeer eyes change colour through the seasons. Their eyes are gold during the summer and blue in the winter. This change helps them see better in the varying levels of light in their Arctic habitat.
jNeoR TIL that rubies and sapphires are scientifically the same mineral. Rubies are the red variety and sapphires encompasses any other color, with blue being the most popular and common.