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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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wLP6P TIL a group of 30 Suffragettes taught themselves jiu-jitsu to defend against assaults from crowds and police.
7rxNb TIL Since Michael Jackson didn't know how to read music or play an instrument he would compose songs inside of his head and then beatbox them to other musicians.
Wkapd TIL Hugh Hefner Playboy mansion had secret underground tunnels that lead to certain Hollywood celebrities homes. Let's talk about it. The 1970s were the decade to be invited to the Playboy Mansion, and it seems some stars wanted easy access.
LkM1r TIL of Project Thor which explored using large projectiles from 1,000+ miles above the Earth. The "rods from god" idea was a bundle of telephone-pole-size tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching up to 10 times the speed of sound. The explosion would be on par with a nuke - but no fallout.
05yR TIL Robin Williams was agreed to be paid $75,000 for voicing the Genie in Aladin, which went on to gross over $200 million domestically. Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting (estimated at the time to be worth $1 million) as a way of thanking him for his work.