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TIL Empire Strikes Back, the most critically acclaimed of the Star Wars films, made the least amount at the box office in the entire franchise.

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BL0k TIL that Bryan Henderson is so dedicated in removing the phrase “comprised of” off the entire Wikipedia up to the point that he has made 47,000 edits in the last 8 years and has written a 6,000 word essay in his user page explaining why he thinks it’s an egregious error.
R7PX8 TIL that automatons have been in existence since Ancient Greece.
X4vQ TIL Forrest Gump’s investment in Apple stock would be worth nearly $7billion today.
kOgxE TIL The anarchist thinker Peter Kropotkin was a military officer turned geologist. In 1871 Kropotkin explored the glacial deposits of Finland and Sweden. In 1873, he published a map and paper in which he showed that the existing maps entirely misrepresented the physical features of Asia.
b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.