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TIL Carrie Fisher described wearing the bikini in Return Of The Jedi as “It was like steel, not steel, but hard plastic, and if you stood behind me you could see straight to Florida. You’ll have to ask Boba Fett about that.”

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DQwwD TIL in 1973, food manufacturer Mario Fabbrini held "The Great Michigan Pizza Burial" after 40,000 of his frozen pies were recalled due to botulism concerns. They were dumped in a grave in Ossineke during a service attended by hundreds, with the state governer even giving a eulogy of sorts.
b6WE TIL that George Patton designed “the best sword ever issued to an army”
KYLkw TIL about Moorish Americans who claim to be Indigenous to North America and so do not have to obey traffic laws, pay taxes and are entitled to squat in unoccupied houses. (Despite being normal American citizens by law) I don't imagine real Native Americans are amused by these guys
GAeNG TIL that the term “banana republic” was coined by short story writer O. Henry, while he was living in Honduras to avoid his US trial for embezzlement.
YD9B TIL: The Department of Education can call for SWAT team raids to search your house over unpaid student loans