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TIL Yoda was almost played by a monkey in mask!

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W717Y TIL that Ween’s 1997 album “The Mollusk” was a great inspiration to Spongebob creator Stephen Hillenburg due to its underwater theme. In 1997, Hillenburg told Ween the baseline ideas of Spongebob, and asked for a song. The band wrote “Loop de Loop” for Hillenburg, later used in a SpongeBob episode.
myQv TIL - New Hampshire is the only state that has no seat belt laws for drivers over 18
x6rB7 TIL that the star of the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy," Nǃxau ǂToma, let his $300 paycheck blow away in the wind because he allegedly did not understand money. The movie made ~$90 million in 4 years. He had also only ever seen 3 white people before being cast in the movie.
VBKgG TIL that Humans, Killer whales, Narwhals, and a few other types of toothed whales are the only mammal species known to undergo menopause
Xp48 TIL that the male brain is on average 9% larger than a female brain, even after correcting for body size.