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TIL the "Original" Emperor Palpatine face was played by a woman dubbed over by a man - actress Marjorie Eaton before being replaced by Ian McDiarmid

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GY7GG TIL, that in 1917, British forces were not ready for a head on assault of Jerusalem, so British intelligence created a plan where cigarettes would be air dropped by recon planes for the Ottomans everyday up until the day of the assault, where they instead dosed all the cigarettes with opium.
KO869 TIL that Pennsyltucky is a term used to describe the culture and politics of Pennsylvania outside of the major metro areas Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
8k18 TIL that Earth has sent out a radio signal towards a possible life-containing exoplanet named Gliese 581c. It is supposed to reach the planet by late 2029.
QJj0L TIL that the tribesmen of Tana Toraja dig up the corpses of the dead every year and party with them.
pYr0e TiL Jimi Hendrix's rendition of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" was partially inspired by a version done by an obscure band called The Alan Bown