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TIL I learned there is a disco Star Wars theme.

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0ddNM TIL that in 1976, George Washington was posthumously appointed to the grade of 'General of the Armies of the United States,' the highest rank possible, to ensure that he could never be outranked.
OW9a TIL of a guy who made a chicken sandwich literally from scratch – he grew a garden, harvested wheat, slaughtered a chicken, travelled to boil ocean water for salt, etc – it took him 6 months and cost him $1,500. He didn’t think it tasted very good.
698Om TIL the Music Group Jethro Thull was named after a Eighteen Century British Agriculturist who invented the seed drill
9Y5g7 TIL that a Spanish town mailed dog poop back to offenders. A team of volunteers looked for careless dog owners and struck up conversations to learn the dog's name, which made it possible to identify the owner via pet records and mail back the poop, labeled "Lost Property." Violations dropped by 70%.
Lkwd0 TIL that the name Daisy is short for Margaret