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TIL prior to season 8 of South Park, Chef is always seen facing the front, even when exiting scenes. This is because for 7 years South Park never drew a side view of Chef.

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5Vbk TIL that Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine/The Emperor) was only 39 when he played The Emperor in “Return of the Jedi”
VBGv8 TIL gas clouds in the universe are detected by not only their emission but also their absorption of starlight. The absorbed wavelengths depend on the elements and compounds in the cloud, as explained by quantum mechanics, allowing us to determine their composition through absorption lines.
oBm7A TIL Cousin marriage in the US is complicated and some states allow it, some states criminalize it, and many states have conditions that decide whether it is allowed or not.
nWNV9 TIL: Judaism has co-official religion status in three jurisdictions: Israel; Alsace-Moselle, France; and Singapore.
WkbWX TIL in 1992 the high court of Australia recognized for the first time that aboriginal peoples had rights over the land since they had inhabited it before the British settled.