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TIL More people now die taking selfies than from shark attacks

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jvkQ TIL: Darwin did NOT coin the phrase “Survival of the fittest”; it originated in Spencer’s “The Principles of Biology” (1864–7, 1: 444–5)
OGlWa TIL Mark Hamill once pitched to George Lucas that Boba Fett should be revealed as Luke Skywalker’s mother, envisioning her as a double-agent working secretly for the Rebels, and as the only way to top Vader being Luke’s father. Lucas obviously didn’t go for it.
QNQje TIL Food blogs include long contextual stories to make their recipes harder to steal.
xVPg0 TIL that Aaron Burr once set out to write an official history of the Revolutionary War. When George Washington found out, he blocked then-Senator Burr's access to the National Archives.
rZL1 TIL: Rebel Wilson comes from a family of 4 kids, excluding herself, their names are, Liberty, Riot and Anarchy.