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TIL George Lucas actually didn't have a plan for where the story would go when the original Star Wars films came out.

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e0WNg TIL Cruise lines pay almost no taxes thanks to a maritime law loophole called "flags of convenience". Despite being headquartered in Miami, RCL and NCLH have all of their ships registered in the Bahamas. CCL has all of its ships registered in Panama.
j6MYj TIL In 2000,an American named Jupiter was in Kinsale, Ireland, bought all the lobsters destined for someone's main course, to free them back into the sea. "Aileen was taking the lobsters out and he was saying to her, `Be gentle, be gentle - don't hurt them.' "
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