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TIL that the character Jango Fett from Star Wars was a reference to the 1968 western film Django.

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R7DO8 TIL That former astronaut Scott Parazynski took a moon rock to the top of Mount Everest. He took the moon rock and a rock from the top of Mount Everest and gave them to then current astronaut George Zamka. He then took both rocks into space on the International Space Station.
XErGE TIL Bruce Lee was a womanizer and according to actress Sharon Farrell 'was the first man I had ever been with who had such a beautiful body. Bruce was the most incredible lover I've ever been with. He was just so knowledgeable about a woman's body'
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