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Til there exists an infamous Star Wars trading card of C-3PO in which it appears the droid is sporting a ginormous erection, and nobody is quite sure how it happened.

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W7kjd TIL that two executive mansions were specifically built for the President of the US before the White House. Neither was ever used by a President.
LLbr TIL Church of Scientology leader, David Miscavige is only on level OT VII. (OT VIII is the highest level). He has not been audited since 1993, and his (now missing) wife, Shelley Miscavige, was concerned he was going to leave Scientology
Z0vR TIL The Tesseract in the Captain America, Avengers and Thor films is actually the Space Gem, one of 6 Infinity gems in the Marvel Universe, which gives the holder omnipresence. The Aether in Thor 2 is also an Infinity gem, likely the Power Gem, which amplifies all energy
dY08 TIL that during the war, Vietnamese children thought the American soldiers were blind because they had blue eyes and wore sunglasses all the time.
4X0E6 TIL The US Navy submarines started using Xbox 360 controllers back in 2017 to control their periscopes