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TIL that George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, has his own fire department with one fire truck. He originally had two but donated one to the Muir Beach Fire Department. There are 12 firefighters in his department and they protect his land and surrounding areas from wild fires.

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rNQpx TIL after a 2021 incident at Topgolf in which a man suffered a traumatic spinal injury (and died a month later) after he tumbled over the safety netting of the top floor of a driving range, a policy was implemented requiring guests who pushed people onto the safety netting to be immediately removed.
YpEYx TIL Nike's Jumpman Logo was created from a studio set picture where Michael Jordan did "ballet moves" in order to try to recreate a Life Magazine photo shoot of him taken during the Olympics.
l75V7 TIL the "blue raspberry" flavor is actually just a artificial raspberry flavoring. The widespread practice of coloring it blue is attributed to the ICEE brand, which wanted its signature flavors, including red cherry, to match its logo.
grKQA TIL of Robert Levinson, who disappeared on March 9 2007, whilst working as a private investigator in Iran. Levinson flew to Kish Island to meet Dawud Salahuddin, a US fugitive, as part of a "unauthorised CIA mission" before disappearing. In 2011,photos of Levinson alive were sent to his family.
awNw9 TIL Chris Pine, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth share not only their names but also have had the same stunt double Bobby Holland Hanton.