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TIL that Anakin Skywalker was at least minimally proficient in understanding and speaking Droid.

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Z8ayY TIL in 1898 a group of Indian railroad workers were stalked by a pair of man-eating lions that killed at least 35 of the labourers and stopped constuction before being shot to death.
jNKVp TIL Dadarao Bilhore has filled over 600 potholes in India in memory of his son who died in a pothole-caused accident. It is estimated over 15,000 people a year die to pothole accidents in India.
pKO8 TIL that the Oath taken by US Military Officers requires that they bear allegiance - not to any US President or other government official - but only to the Constitution of the United States, which they are sworn to support and defend against all enemies, foriegn and domestic
mxXnE TIL about Joe Delaney, an NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, who died trying to save 3 drowning children in 1983. Just before running in, he told a bystander “I can't swim good, but I've got to save those kids.”
LkEMp TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.