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TIL Yoda was almost played by a monkey in mask!

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WJGo TIL During the WWII there was a killing contest between two Japanese officers — a race to see which of them could kill 100 people first using only a sword. It was covered like a sporting event in Japanese newspapers with regular updates on the score over a series of days.
EYyW TIL Eminem’s mother sued him for $10 million over alleged slander about her in “The Slim Shady LP.” She won $1,600 in damages.
KjDG TIL That NATO must treat any attack on an ally’s soil as if it were their own, unless it’s Hawaii.
Y7vaA TIL that the Spanish governor in Portugal was thrown out of a window, thus ending Spanish rule in Portugal in 1640.
GAx4E TIL that France's deadliest day in WWI was August 22, 1914. Following a series of reckless offensive charges, 27,000 French soldiers were killed in less than 24hrs. This figure is more than any other day in French history, and is half as many as all U.S. soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War