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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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KR9Q TIL of Dan and Fran Keller, an innocent couple recently released from prison after 20 years, who were convicted, by pseudo psychotherapists and Christians, of abusing and dismembering children in Satanic Rituals
16VV8 TIL in 1978, The Beatles record company Apple sued newly founded Apple Inc. for trademark infringement and won. Part of the agreement was for Apple Inc. to never enter the music business. When they created iTunes, a new lawsuit began but The Beatles lost this time (2006).
wbZE TIL there are 54 tanks of liquid nitrogen unprotected on the streets of New York. They are used to cool underground cables and have to be replaced every 3 days. Despite being knocked over by cars, no tanks have exploded and there have been no major leaks.
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Ng06 TIL That Alexandre Dumas was black, and suffered at the hands of racism for most of his life, yet still was celebrated as France’s most widely read writer having written ‘The Three Musketeers’ and 'The Count of Monte Cristo’.