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TIL: The kid who played Anakin Skywalker gave up acting because fans hated Phantom Menace so much. He was bullied in school over it and was later admitted to a mental health institution.

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N7EVN TIL about an erotic fetish called vorarephilla. Which is a desire to get swallowed by somebody whole or to swallow somebody or something.
neGxd TIL that the Forensic seismology machine that they use to detect nuclear bombs going off in Florida is Falsely alerts that a nuclear bomb went off somewhere in the world every Sunday because the Garbage man comes by the facility and slams the lid of the dumpster too hard, setting off the Detector.
XEEAD TIL Nixon Aide Reportedly Admitted Drug War Was Meant To Target Black People
epENg TIL that the game Snooker was invented by a British Army officer in India called Neville Chamberlain (Not the former Prime Minister). The name "Snooker" came from and was used as a derogatory term for first year, inexperiended soldiers
kagd TIL Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas