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TIL: Some strains of viruses have viruses of their own

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R7JAw TIL All modern birds can be considered dinosaurs. An alligator is not.
Z8Vo4 TIL that George Lucas told a collaborator that his plan for the ending of Return of the Jedi was to have Luke become the new Darth Vader and destroy the Rebel Fleet. The collaborator liked the idea. Lucas told him he’d only been joking.
eN0n TIL in 1599, Shakespeare satirically wrote that the governments would eventually make the masses fat because lean men are dangerous, whereas fat men are easier to prevent from revolting and keep entertained.
5nND TIL that in the USA, possession of child pornography often results in a harsher sentence than actually molesting a child would
9e1r TIL: US energy subsidies for the fossil fuel companies cost the US taxpayers 5.3 Trillion dollars, or 6.5% of total Global GDP.