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TIL Admiral Ackbar from “Return of the Jedi” was not a man in a suit, but a giant puppet.

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78bVr TIL The fossilised remains of a T rex and a Triceratops who died fighting eachother, discovered in 2006, remained in private hands and thus unavailable for study unti 2024, partially because of land dispute over whether fossils are minerals or not. A court in Montanta ruled that fossils are minerals
Rl1 TIL Cracker Barrel got in trouble for segregation…in 2004
AMxB TIL a traditional West African Voodoo Village was founded near Savannah, GA in 1970. They have a king, no electricity or water, no English before noon, drink chicken blood & consider themselves a separate nation from the US
j6OE TIL the awesome smell of rain is caused by Geosmin, which is an “organic compound with a distinctly earthy flavour and aroma”. Humans can detect it at 5 parts per trillion.
DEpp TIL not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.