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TIL that George Lucas originally envisioned the planet Tatooine in Star Wars to be a jungle planet, but the idea of having to film in a jungle made him feel "itchy," so he decided to make it a desert planet instead.

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p8G94 TIL that Chicago has a large pack of coyotes that patrol the city, hunting rats.
R50e7 TIL the Casino Estoril in Cascais, Portugal, was a source of inspiration for Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale" (1953), the fist James Bond novel.
Gbyg TIL that pleasant earthy smell after rain is called Petrichor and occurs due to the soil absorbing and then releasing oils from certain plants.
rJvM TIL that the first person to hear the Journey song “Only The Young” was a cystic fibrosis patient in Ohio. The band flew out and played it for the young fan. He died the next day, with a Walkman containing the single still in his hands.
KXkE TIL in the late 19th Century, a woman named Nellie Bly became an investigative journalist, had herself committed to expose poor conditions at mental institutions, traveled the world in under 80 days, married a millionaire, and became an industrialist.