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TIL the US deported, without evidence of wrongdoing, the father of the Chinese missile/space program

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vKoK TIL Mark Hamill was in a car accident that caused substantial facial trauma a day before he finished shooting the original Star Wars. An in-universe explanation for his scarring was developed for The Empire Strikes Back, where he is mauled by a Wampa, allowing him to continue the trilogy.
dD6jQ TIL that Eminem collaborated with a pornographic actress Lisa Ann. The song is called We Made You.
Va10 TIL founded as a division of Microsoft, Expedia owns Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Trivago, Travelocity, and Orbitz creating an illusion of choice
VM8jD TIL the Soviet Union has its own top level domain country code (.su) that is still in use today with over 100,000 registered domains
91nM TIL A man in China was dumped by his girlfriend because he was too poor to take her to the movies. Six years later, he booked four IMAX theaters in Beijing for one night and gave away all the tickets for free to prove how rich he is now and to show her what she was missing.