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

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jNdGa TIL there is a German hospital that specializes in treatment for traumatized train drivers. An average of 3 people in Germany kill themselves by jumping in front of a train every day.
x6EE1 TIL that Webster's Third, basis of the current Merriam-Webster Dictionary, was widely criticized when published in 1961 for condoning the use of "ain't" among other permissive changes
PW4E TIL that a man tried to redeem 7 million Pepsi points for a harrier jet. When Pepsi declined, he sued.
XEmNE TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a cat that managed to survive the sinking of three ships during World War 2.
YWe7 TIL the the $100 million in famine relief raised by Live Aid in 1985, was used to buy weapons and crush the opposition in Ethiopia’s civil war