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TIL "blue balls" is a real disease known as Epididymal Hypertension

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R70L9 TIL David Prowse, who played (but did not voice) Darth Vader in "Return of the Jedi", has never been paid any residuals from the film, because LucasFilm claims the film never made a profit.
OlbY TIL Buzz Aldrin punched a conspiracy theorist, Bart Sibrel, in the face for doubting he was on the Moon
b97eQ TIL the famous headline "Foot Heads Arms Body" (published after Michael Foot was chosen to be the chair of a nuclear disarmament committee) was written by a sub editor as a joke and never intended to be published
v16b7 TIL of a woman sentenced to 141,078 years in prison for running a pyramid scheme. She only served 8 years of her sentence before being released.
L97d TIL: A college text manufacturer sued a student that was importing their cheaper international versions into the US for resale. The case went to the Supreme Court.