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TIL there was nearly a Chernobyl size nuclear accident near Denver caused by a plutonium fire at a nuclear weapons production facility

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RYE8 TIL Gene Roddenberry was asked to write a series early in his career called Riverboat, set in 1860s Mississippi. When he discovered that the producers wanted no black people on the show, he argued so much with them that he lost his job.
E1Xnd TIL in the original Star Wars Trilogy, despite being told by Luke to 'stay on the ship', R2D2 never follows his commands. Later, in the prequel trilogy, the last thing Anakin says to R2D2 was to stay on the ship, which he does. Never seeing Anakin again.
J16lQ TIL about the concept in mesoamerican folk religion called Nagual. It is a human being that can shapeshift into their tonal(animals that mesoamericans believe have connection to a certain person) animal counterparts.
dnOj TIL a 10 year old British girl saved nearly a hundred foreign tourists at Maikhao Beach in Thailand by warning beachgoers minutes before the arrival of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami. She learned about tsunamis in school just two weeks prior to the event.
kpaE TIL that photography in the Sistine Chapel has been banned since 1980 when the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) obtained exclusive rights to the paintings in return for a $4 million restoration project.