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TIL Natalie Portman skipped the Phantom Menace premier so she could for study her high school finals.

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78nXM TIL Carrie Fisher's ashes were buried in urn shaped like a Prozac pill.
pJ7p TIL “the annual savings on enforcement and incarceration costs from the legalization of drugs would amount to roughly $41.3 billion, with $25.7 billion being saved among the states and over $15.6 billion accrued for the federal government.”
ZbPG TIL Werner Herzog was supposed to board a flight to Peru to scout locations for his film “Aguirre”, but he cancelled last minute. The plane crashed into the Amazon, killing 91 out of 92 people on board. Years later, he dedicated a documentary to the lone survivor who made it out of the jungle alive.
5Yygk TIL that ancient Sparta had two kings co-ruling the state, and most of the wealth was in the hand of a few heiresses due to its unconventional inheritance policy.
VBrAk TIL The US Navy war-gamed Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in 2002 and lost, then changed the rules to say they won