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TIL The Star Wars prequels used computer animation to create legions of Clone Troopers

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l704V TIL about a 1990 British sitcom about Adolf Hitler living next to a Jewish couple. A pilot episode for the show was actually produced and aired but shortly after got cancled.
E1rMp TIL that Mahna Mahna, the famous Muppets song, was originally written for a 1960s softcore porn film about Swedish sexuality, and first appeared on Sesame Street 50 years ago this week. Mahna Mahna, do doo do do do!
Br9VL TIL about a skull mounted on a stake 8000 years ago in Sweden. The skull belonged to a hunter gatherer who was reconstructed and nicknamed "Ludvig". During life, his hair is likely styled and cut using flint tools and required help from another person.
XEg98 TIL: Of the Losr Apple Project. They go around to abandoned farms and orchards looking for Apple varieties thought to be extinct. This year 10 varieties were recovered, a record.
QJmBk TIL that a study in 2020 found that Jonah Hill Passed Samuel L Jackson With Most Swear Words on Film