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TIL: Harrison Ford got his first big gig in Hollywood because he installed cabinets as a carpenter at George Lucas’ house.

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RED6 TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped awarding records to the fattest animal to avoid forced over eating
polA TIL tech companies often test new products in New Zealand because they’re an ethnically diverse, tech-savvy, and English-speaking nation, yet still relatively isolated. If a product is a flop there, news is unlikely to spread quickly to the rest of the world and damage a company’s reputation.
w7bM TIL a Naval reservist was prosecuted and sentenced after pleading guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, though the “investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel”
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DQJRj TIL North Korea abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens between 1977 and 1983 to train spies in language and culture, and only five (and some of their children) have ever been returned.