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TIL that Jake Lloyd (Young Anakin Skywalker) retired from acting, destroyed all of his Star Wars memorabilia, and refuses to watch any of the movies because he finds them too “creepy”.

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oByX7 TIL Robert Wells 3 was murdered in a drive-by shooting. His parents posted his obituary in the local newspaper, detailing the honest details of his life and death, and not having a funeral. Instead, they asked supporters to donate to at-risk youth programs.
x6X4B TIL that there are saws specifically made as musical instruments
AGNx TIL the only evidence of the deaths of most of the RMS Titanic’s passengers are pairs of shoes laying side by side on the ocean floor, where bodies had lain before decomposing.
MPY7 TIL At age 12 and 13, Curtis Jones and his sister, apparent victims of sexual abuse, killed one of their alleged victimizers. Child welfare knew of the abuse, but did nothing. After the murder, the state charged them as adults. Instead of getting help, they got 18 years in prison.
wL677 TIL that during the Cold War, an American CIA agent devised a psychological warfare plan to drop very large condoms labelled "medium" to intimidate and demoralize the Soviet troops. The plan was not executed.