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TIL Mark Hamill went to Comic-Con dressed as a stormtrooper and took photos with a bunch of unknowing fans

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rGXo TIL a huge, tracked vehicle was used in warfare in the mid 1800’s. It was called “The Megatherium war horse”.
jN8dM TIL of Connie Culp, a 46-year-old Ohio woman who had been shot in the face by her husband. In 2004, after a 22 hour operation, doctors managed to replace 80% of her face with the face of another woman who had just died. This embarked the first ever successful face transplant in the USA.
PYedV TIL in Japan, there are strict social rules for writing a resume. For example, photo must be attached, along with detailed personal information. Applicants use a uniform template. If it is written by hand, it must be in black ink, with no white out. Photocopies are not accepted.
9YKrD TIL that a 'basket case' was coined in WWI to describe a soldier who had lost his limbs in battle and was carried out 'in a basket'
QNZ1L TIL Debbie Reynolds was not a dancer when she made Singin' in the Rain (1952). Gene Kelly apparently insulted her for lacking dance experience. when Fred Astaire was in the studio, he found her crying under a piano. On hearing what had happened, Astaire volunteered to help her with her dancing.