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TIL Most of the Tatooine sets are still standing, and people live there.

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60nl TIL that a small town in Kansas has one of the largest space museums in the world, including Liberty Bell 7, the Apollo 13 command module, the Gemini X spacecraft, Vostok and Voshkod spacecraft, an SR-71, Nazi V1 and V2 weapons, and several full-scale launch rockets
6990Y TIL The U.S.A delivers mail using "Postal Donkeys" in some hard to reach areas.
9wrpr TIL that infamous Manson Family murderer Leslie Van Houten was paroled in July 2023 after 53 years in prison. Patricia Krenwinkle and Tex Watson are still trying to get parole.
pYe7O TIL when the now widely celebrated sitcom Fawlty Towers was first aired, it received a negative review from critic Richard Ingrams. The show’s creator John Cleese got revenge by naming one of the characters who is caught with a blow up sex doll after Ingrams.
O1v6 TIL Dumb people over estimate their abilities. Smart people under estimate their abilities. Dunning-Kruger.