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TIL that Peter Cushing gained worldwide fame for his roles as Baron von Frankenstein and Doctor Van Helsing in 11 Frankenstein and Dracula films prior to his famous role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars in 1977. Cushing also depicted Dr. Who in Dr Who and the Daleks.

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OGV07 TIL that India successfully tested its first nuclear bomb on May 18, 1974 under a code name "Operation Smiling Buddha."
vOZr TIL US wall sockets don’t come with a switch as standard, and you have to unplug to reduce “standby” wastage.
neo9r TIL AL-Jahiz, A Ethiopian Muslim suggested Evolution of New Species by Natural Selection in 776AD (150 AH), 1000 yrs before Darwin, in his "Book of the Animals"
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
j6Rv TIL that when a fish is caught and processed, most countries only utilize about 30% of it. The rest gets thrown away. Iceland, with it’s 96% utilization, is an exception.