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TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's description of it in his improvised filibuster pitch for Star Wars: Episode VII on an episode of Parks & Rec.

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OG8v4 TIL in 18th Century Japan, a woman farting in public was considered so embarrassing that it could break off an engagement. Some women would employ a Heoi-bikuni (fart carrying nun) to accompany them everywhere, whose job was to take the blame for their farts.
lopla TIL that eating burnt toast is as dangerous as being a hairdresser.
l545 TIL Gene Roddenberry gave a list of “do nots” to the Next Generation writers which includes not writing about sorcery, psychic powers, mad scientists, and swords.
R5rY8 TIL there's a Woodhenge 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge
4EX5 TIL that you can face fines and years in jail for not pulling up your pants in Massachusetts