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TIL….while filming A New Hope, Lucas insisted that Vader’s TIE fighter spiral out into space instead of blowing up, leaving the question of a sequel. The other film members wanted to remove any questions if a sequel was happening, as sequels usually were regarded as inferior or flops.

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9YKn6 TIL Evariste Galois, genius French mathematician, felt certain he would die the next day in a duel he had been challenged to over a woman and stayed up all night solving a problem that had tormented mathematicians for centuries. He died the next day at 21 but his work that night endures still today.
78AYM TIL The 65537-sided hexamyriapentachiliapentahectatriacontaheptagon is the largest known constructible polygon: that is, it can be constructed using a compass and an unmarked straightedge.
ANAeB TIL: About 80% of Swiss prisoners and 50% of guards smoke cannabis despite it being illegal in order to produce more peaceful prison conditions. Prison officials turn a blind eye because smoking cannabis kept prisoners calm and reduced violence.
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1aYnD TIL that when the 1982 Tylenol murders occured, Johnson & Johnson recalled 31 million bottles of Tylenol capsules despite it being their bestselling product and accounted for 17% of J&J's profits. However, the move was a huge PR success and is now studied as an exemplary case of crisis management.