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TIL That in 2007 Luke Skywalker's lightsabre was taken into space by NASA.

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x9lw TIL that in 1484, Pope Innocent VIII condemned cats as unholy creatures, causing thousands of cats to be burned alive.
yZKV TIL there was an ancient highly sought after Roman spice called ‘Silphium’ that was so valuable and desired that it was worth its weight in silver coins; however, this demand led to its over-harvesting, which is thought to have contributed to its eventual disappearance and extinction by 68AD.
OG0ra TIL of the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter," a natural gas fire that burned for nearly 6 months in the Algerian desert. It rose between 450 ft (140m) and 800 ft (240m) high and burned over 550 million cubic feet of gas every day. It was witnessed by John Glenn while in orbital spaceflight.
DrBj TIL that Clint Eastwood insisted on removing some of the dialogue in the original script for his character ‘The Man with no Name’ in the Dollars trilogy so that it could make the character more mysterious. As the trilogy progressed the character became even more stoic and silent
KYNZB TIL In 1890 a political struggle over seating a republican from West Virginia turned so heated it became called the "Battle of the Reed Rules". Speaker Reed ordered the doors barred to prevent a quorum from being denied, though Constantine Kilgore of Texas escaped by kicking a door down.