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TIL George Lucas enjoyed racing cars and owned a souped-up, high-powered Fiat in high school. Shortly before graduating he was involved in a serious car accident, nearly dying from his injuries. After recovering from a three-month hospital stay, Lucas decided that he wanted to go to art school

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oB8G8 TIL of the "Law of Triviality" - AKA the "The Bike Shedding" effect. C. Northcote Parkinson's argument claims individuals or organizations spend a disproportionate amount of time on trivial, easy to grasp issues rather than far more important, difficult tasks.
ADOKg TIL Due to such normally low light levels some species of deep sea animals are blinded and eventually die after being exposed to the light from a research submersible.
pYvY8 TIL being bullied is the least common in Korea and Japan amongst OECD countries
yZ1M TIL Hookah is at LEAST as dangerous as cigarette smoking, if not more
j6Bbn TIL d'Armond Speers tried to teach his son the Klingon language, used by the Klingons in the Star Trek series, as a first language. The boy answered mostly in English which his mother spoke to him and at the age of 5 stopped answering his father when he spoke Klingon.