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TIL Star Wars was originally about Mace Windu.

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AD7Xa TIL About The Phoebus Cartel - A secret organization which intentionally shortened the lifespan of light bulbs to force consumers to buy bulbs more often.
x68O0 TIL that Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been fined $456 million for fixing the prices of washing powder in 8 European countries in 2011. The fines were reduced by 10% after the 2 industry giants admitted to organizing a cartel. Their rival Henkel, who provided the tip-off, wasn't fined in return
VoRQ TIL a Moon-sized diamond was found in space, and it has been dubbed “Lucy” in reference to the Beatles’ song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
4g5R TIL In the early nineties, actor Ving Rhames (aka Marcellus Wallace) met a homeless man who turned out to be his older brother who had been lost to his family since Vietnam
kJka7 TIL that there is a genetic mutation which vastly reduces armpit odor. A mutation disabling the “ABCC11” gene changes the chemical structure of armpit sweat, inhibiting the action of skin bacteria. Notably, this mutation is mostly found in East Asian populations