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TIL that character Chewbacca was inspired by director George Lucas’ Alaskan Malamute dog. It would often ride “co-pilot” in George’s car and its name was “Indiana”.

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4X6AN TIL that the skull the Russians used to prove Hitler's death is actually the skull of a women
1mrP TIL that germans refused to believe that Hitler will really do all things he announced years before election in “Mein Kampf”
9Yj1D TIL, you can be cremated and and turned into a “Natural Reef” which is eco-friendly.
a4py TIL since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with roundabouts. Benefits include gas savings of 24k gallons/year per roundabout; construction costs $125,000 less per intersection; injury accidents dropped by 80 percent and total accidents dropped by 40 percent.