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TIL that Boba Fett was originally introduced not in Episode V, but in the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday TV Special.

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EgnD0 TIL that Steven Spielberg couldn't find an airport that would allow him to film 'The Terminal', so he shot it instead in a hangar in a classified complex once used to build the B1-B bomber.
gZDD TIL More veterans died of suicide than combat after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
6EMPQ TIL the chainsaw was invented to help during difficult childbirth; it would be used to cut away parts of the pelvis to make space for the baby.
kOYN7 TIL that 99.9% percent of Americans have never tasted blackcurrant, a widely popular berry in Europe. They were outlawed for almost a century because they spread a fungus that killed white pine trees.
Wkb64 TIL General George G. Meade had only been in charge of the Union Army for 3 Days before the Battle of Gettysburg began. The subsequent fight was not only the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War, but considered a turning point by many Historians