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TIL Star Wars was originally about Mace Windu.
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TIL that the Italian painter Raphael was often accompanied by fifty scholars daily; when Michangelo greeted him one day, he said "You walk surrounded by an entourage like a general," and Raphael responded, "And you, you walk alone like an executioner."
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TIL that sperms don't swim. We have been wrong for the last 350 years. Using 3D microscopy technology were able to mathematically reconstruct the rapid movement of the sperm. The sperm body spins at the same time that the tail rotates around the swimming direction. Sperm drills into the fluid.
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TIL that John Lennon beat his wife and emotionally abused his son.
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TIL that all main actors in the movie Saving Private Ryan apart from Matt Damon were required to undergo military training. This was done so the remaining cast would build up genuine resentment for his character.
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TIL that the largest Uranium deposit on the United States is located near Danville Virginia. However there is a ban on mining it because of groundwater contamination concerns.