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TIL that the actor that played Anakin in Episode 1 quit acting as a result of being bullied for his role in the movie, eventually leading to him being placed in psychiatric care after crashing his car during a high speed police chase.

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P8JV TIL Wasabi kills e-coli and cancerous cells in the human body
W7Zdo TIL that film and TV director Jesse Peretz is a founding member and former bassist of rock band The Lemonheads. He left the band before their breakout album, It's a Shame About Ray.
W7NpB TIL that there is a dish called Virgin Boy Eggs in which eggs are boiled in the urine of young boys, preferably under the age of ten.
KYYMG TIL that a 1982 Harvard study confirmed that Tibetan monks can raise their body temperature with their minds. Practitioners of "g-tummo" yoga demonstrated the ability to raise the temperature of different parts of their bodies through meditation alone.
OokV4 TIL of Hans Oster, a Nazi general and one of the highest ranking officers who despised Hitler and help save Jews from getting arrested. He was part of the plot to assassinate Hitler and was executed in April 1945, one month before the war was over