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TIL that George Lucas trademarked the word “Droid” and Motorola had to pay him for every phone sold under this moniker.

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9wpBQ TIL the USS Colorado was the only Pacific Fleet battleship not at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack. She subsequently defended the Golden Gate Bridge, survived a kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf and returned to San Francisco at war's end.
x6yYo TIL There’s a $75k surgery to make you taller (info in comments)
9VkM TIL:The U. S. Army secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the ocean, in at least 26 locations off both coasts - The Army can’t say exactly where all the weapons were dumped because records are sketchy, missing or were destroyed. “It’s a disaster looming — a time bomb”
epeJ TIL that the original title for “Licensed to ill” by the Beastie Boys was “Don’t be a faggot”
6Empl TIL about the Australian Sub-Lieutenant and two Solomon Islanders who helped save JFK and the crew of PT-109 during WWII.