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TIL The world's oceans contain 20 million tons of gold!

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Amrd TIL that during filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the actor playing Darth Vader was instructed to say “Obi-Wan killed your father” instead of “I am your father” to hide the secret from even the actors.
VvXZ TIL in Kazakhstan there is a town where people suddenly started falling asleep for 5 days or longer.
yBRM TIL Karl Urban’s portrayal of Dr. McCoy in the 2009 Star Trek film was so well-done that Leonard Nimoy was reduced to tears at how much it reminded him of his late friend DeForest Kelley
X0jwj TIL The Penguins of Madagascar TV Show has a Primetime Emmy Award
xGxo TIL In 1996, a socialist bicycle sharing experiment, the “Orange Bike Project” organized in Tucson, Arizona was terminated after only five months of operation due to the 80 bright orange bikes, available for anyone, had all been intentionally damaged or stolen within a few weeks.