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TIL David Prowse, who played (but did not voice) Darth Vader in "Return of the Jedi", has never been paid any residuals from the film, because LucasFilm claims the film never made a profit.

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Z8BOo Today I Learned that the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is not connected to any sewage system. The refuse is driven away in trucks.
p8PyA TIL that in 1710, almost 100 years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American leaders traveled to Great Britain to meet the Queen.
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