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TIL Harrison Ford was originally hired to build cabinets for George Lucas, and got the part of Han Solo on a whim

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v1oGK TIL that in an effort to avoid raising the nominal price of 5 cents, Coca-Cola had vending machines that would not dispense a coke one out of nine times a nickel was put in.
PYNGO TIL During the American Civil War coffee became so scarce and expensive in the South that okra seeds were used as a replacement. Apparently the taste is almost identical to coffee.
7rkEM TIL that the massive velocity of the Paris Gun used in 1918 meant that each shell fired had a larger diameter than the previous or the gun would blow up. The shells were numerically ordered by size from the factory to make sure you fired the right one.
Y7GPx TIL the reason why Hugh Grant was caught with a prostitute in his car was because he was repeatedly pressing the brake pedal with his foot, so his brake lights were flashing erratically, catching the attention of the police.
X0GED TIL in 1952, 25% of surveyed Germans in US occupied zone still had a good opinion of Hitler