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TIL the Millennium Falcon was built in Wales

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69QEZ TIL: Over the course of 100 years, the amount of Black-owned farmland dropped by 90%, according to Data for Progress, due to higher rates of loan and credit denials, lack of legal and industry support and "outright acts of violence and intimidation."
aRWo TIL that an Ohio judge sentenced a woman to spend 8 hours in the “smelliest, most god-awful place they can find” at a garbage dump, for neglecting her dog. “If you puke, you puke”
WknGN TIL by dry weight, the human brain is nearly 60% fat. And of that 10-20% is DHA (omega-3).
lBrG TIL prisoners in China are reportedly being forced to gold mine in games like WOW to build up credits that prison guards can trade for real money
wolG1 TIL a man named Max Herve-George has an insurance policy that lets him trade stocks based on last week's prices. It was known as the stupidest contract ever signed.