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TIL the Millennium Falcon was built in Wales

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QN6M TIL From 1953 to 1958 the Cincinnati Reds officially changed their name to the Cincinnati Redlegs because they were afraid of being thought to be associated with communism.
GA6Mg TIL heroin and opium were widely used by US servicemen in Vietnam war, partly to help them tolerate the challenges of the war environment. ~43% of US servicemen who served in Vietnam had used heroin/opium at least once and half of those are thought to be dependent on them at one point (1974 study).
eK5E TIL that more than 90% of women who learn that they are carrying a baby with Down Syndrome, will choose abortion over keeping their baby
KDQ6 TIL that Al Capone’s WWI draft card claimed he was a “paper cutter”
YpZQv TIL facial hair doesn't "stop growing", but rather each follicle has a limited lifespan. People who can grow longer beards have follicles that survive for longer before falling out