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TIL that “Django Unchained” will become one of the over thirty unofficial sequels to 1966’s “Django”

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8JbX TIL While filming Return of the Jedi, Harrison Ford advocated killing off his character, Han Solo, finding him boring. George Lucas denied his request, saying “dead Han toys” wouldn’t sell.
ANM5g TIL Tempura cooking did not begin in Japan, it originated in Portugal and was brought to the country by Catholic missionaries.
d8AeQ TIL In 2014 London Black Cabs protested against Uber by bringing gridlock across central London. Instead of damaging Uber, it brought a 850% increase in downloads of the app and hastened the black cabs decline.
p8lNb TIL of Joy Milne - A Scottish woman who astounded doctors by being able to smell Parkinson disease.
ZpM9Q TIL on 1978, in Pennsylvania, Robert McFall, suffering from terminal aplasitc anemia, sued first cousin David Shimp to force him to give him bone marrow but court ruled against him. He died of massive hemorrhage half a month after