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TIL Princess Leia's ship in A New Hope, Tantive IV, was the original design for the Millennium Falcon

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5YGB9 TIL that researchers in South Africa encountered seals that forcibly copulated with King Penguins and on one occasion the penguin was killed and devoured as well.
4REa TIL there’s a geographically-isolated two-year college which aims to have a student body size of only 26. Students are taught academics and as well as farm-related manual labor. Most graduates continue their studies in reputable universities like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Oxford.
vp1D TIL that, according to a 2007 study by the University of Southern Denmark, the secret to happiness is to have low expectations of life.
ZppRa TIL that Prince Philip's 'affectionate' nickname for queen Elizabeth was 'cabbage.'
NbOP TIL During the Invasion of Normandy, Scottish Bagpiper, Bill Millin, contrary to British Command, in the thick of battle, marched up & down the beach playing his Pipes. When his unit captured German snipers, they asked why Millin wasn’t shot. They said they didn’t shoot because he was clearly mad.