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TIL of David Kelly, a British weapons expert. Two days after being publicly named as the source behind a BBC report questioning the UK government's claim about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, Kelly committed suicide a short walk from his home.

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b9n6Q TIL that Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi. Only after printing thousands of posters did George Lucas decide to change the name, making the posters worthless for advertising. Lucas then sold them to Stars Wars fans for $9.50 each as collector's items.
ZpP9G TIL in the year 1913, Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Tito, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Stalin all lived in the city of Vienna.
OGQa4 TIL about Rocky, a black bear who served as a paratrooper in the Korean War and is a Purple Heart recipient
16BoX TIL: San Agustín is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States; established 42 years before Jamestown and 55 years before Plymouth Rock.
loXwG TIL Japan’s capital, Tokyo (or Tokyo Metropolis), has 39 million residents and a $2 Trillion Economy, making it the world’s largest metropolitan Center both by population and by Gross Domestic Product (GDP).