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TIL That James Earl Jones “once” used a CB radio to talk to truckers in his Darth Vader voice and used Darth as his handle. He stopped because the truckers “totally freaked out.”

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nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."
OoOnX TIL a loofah sponge is actually a plant, and a side from growing it to use as a sponge, it is edible as well.
eG64 TIL that the German word for birth control pills is antibabypille.
J1XE4 TIL about half of Kauai’s 111-mile coastline is made up of beaches. It has more beaches than any other Hawaiian Island. About 97% of the island is undeveloped and is also the oldest island at 5.1 million years old, the 2nd oldest island , Oahu, is 2.2-3.4 million years old.
kOpOE TIL that all a copy of all the open source software code on Github is stored in a decommissioned coal mine in Svalbard archipelago (right next to the Global Seed Vault) long-term preservation. The archive designed to last at least 1,000 years.