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TIL David Goggins, despite being an obese asthmatic with a learning disability, became the only member in the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training (including three Hell Weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Honor Man), and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training.

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RvN4 TIL George Lucas pitched an ending to ROTJ where Luke helps Vader take off his helmet and then puts it on himself, saying “Now I am Vader. Now I will go and kill the [Rebel] fleet and I will rule the universe”. His co-writer, Lawrence Kasdan, liked the idea, but Lucas decided not to go that dark.
0w9by TIL that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible, using a razor to cut out the 'supernatural' parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection. Today, new members of Congress receive a copy upon election.
OK7X TIL that neanderthals didn’t rely on lightning strikes to make fire, instead, they used chemistry, by putting manganese dioxide on wood to lower the temperature required to create a flame.
1xb7 TIL: Mark Twain once said, “ the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Biblelying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn’t anger me.”
W7QLo TIL Shakespeare's skull is missing from his grave, which mysteriously does not bear his name, but rather a curse: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones."