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TIL Carrie Fisher was addicted to cocaine AND survived an overdose during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back.

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oB057 TIL of Canadian Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon, who in 1960 prevented nuclear war when NORAID misidentified the rising moon as 1000 Soviet Nuclear missiles, by asking where Khrushchev was
wL8rY TIL that in the 1946 California Gubernatorial Election, incumbent governor and future Justice Earl Warren won 91.1% of the Republican primaries... and 51.9% of the Democratic primaries earning both nominations. He would later go on to win a massive landslide of 91.6% in the general election.
MQ0 TIL there is a museum dedicated specifically to bad art.
LEV9 TIL that 30% of people are iron-deficient. Successful treatment could raise national productivity 20%
R7og4 TIL actor Christopher Lee, known for playing Saruman, was a legitimate heir to the office of Holy Roman Emperor, through Frederick I