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TIL George Lucas wanted 2Pac to be Mace Windu in the prequels, but he passed away before he could audition for the role.

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ADgBg TIL that spoken Hebrew virtually went extinct as a spoken language in the 2nd century CE, but was revived in the 19th and 20th century. It is the only revived language in the world and is now spoken by millions as their native language.
aXnL TIL many major cities in Europe offer ‘Sanisettes’: private, self-contained, self-cleaning, public bathrooms. After the user has exited, a wash cycle begins and the entire floor and toilet fixture are automatically sprayed, scrubbed and disinfected.
9wpG TIL a muslim wikipedia editor contributed to 8,115 separate Wikipedia articles with over 67,000 edits until being caught in 2010, focusing efforts on improving the image of Islam and downplaying the achievements of the Western world, misrepresentations which were then reproduced all over the net.
9xxD TIL The first Canadian casualties in Afghanistan after 9/11 were caused by an American F-16 dropping a bomb on a Canadian military exercise.
QJKVM TIL about Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian who took 11 commandos into the fjords aboard a fishing boat full of explosives to sabotage the Nazi's. His feet froze solid and an avalanche buried him. He used a knife to amputate his frostbitten toes. His escape made him into a Norwegian national folk hero