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TIL that Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker were originally supposed to be two separate characters.

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mx5LE TIL Canadian Indigenous incarceration rates are 10 times higher than the non-Indigenous population. Higher than South Africa at the height of apartheid. In Saskatchewan, if you’re Indigenous, you’re 33 times more likely to be incarcerated than than the non-Indigenous.
m15mO TIL of Julio Nivelo, who in 2016, stole a bucket of gold from an armoured truck, which was parked in Manhattan. Seeing, the van was guarded by only two guys, one of whom was the driver, Julio said, he felt like the pail belonged to him.
VMkEm TIL that the slow-motion footage of the forest chase scene in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was produced by one of the Slow Mo Guys
xVyYg TIL Australia once had a floating hotel that now lies decrepit and forgotten, in North Korea.
wLaGo TIL that the online game Final Fantasy 14 is played so much that its sales had to be suspended to keep servers stable