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TIL that an edited picture of King Yoda next to King Faisal in a historic photo slipped past the Saudi ministry of Education into an official social studies textbook.

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Eg0gV TIL that Danny Elfman performed the voice of Jack Skellington when he sang, but actor Chris Sarandon performed Jack's spoken voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas
e05y5 TIL In the late 1960s Danny DeVito shared a New York apartment with fellow actor Michael Douglas at 338 West 89th Street in Manhattan where the rent was $75 each per month.
b0XQ TIL that Lucille Ball claimed she picked up radio signals on her dental work and reported it to authorities resulting in the bust of a Japanese spy signal in LA in 1942.
kOby7 TIL in World War II, due the Japan-Soviet neutrality pact, US aid to the Soviet port of Vladivostok (the Pacific Route) was carried by Soviet-Flagged ships only and was mostly left alone, becoming the safest path for military aid from the USA to the USSR.
M7b9b TIL that a pipe is supplying water to China’s tallest waterfall, the Yuntai Waterfall. The fall are also one of the country’s most popular natural attractions.