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TIL that Freddie Mercury stopped doing a skit at Queen concerts [where he would appear on the shoulders of Darth Vader] because George Lucas threatened legal action against the band.

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nerBP TIL of Cliff Young, an Australian potato farmer who at age 61 entered the 1983 Sydney-Melbourne ultramarathon wearing work boots and overalls. He ran non-stop for five days and 15 hours, won by ten hours and donated all of his $10,000 winnings to the five other people who managed to finish the race
wLKV1 TIL Mississippi was the last state to officially abolish slavery in 2013. Two medical school colleagues saw the movie “Lincoln” and got curious about the ratification of the amendment. After noticing the oversight, they pushed for the completion of the ratification.
oB6VY TIL that critic Pauline Kael did not like rewatching movies. She felt that one viewing was enough to ‘get it’ and that watching a film repeatedly would make her hate it.
X0rvD TIL that Jesus loves us all SOOO MUCH and that He died on the cross for our sins because God is perfect and we are not. WE cannot atone for our sins on our own, so that's why Jesus who is PERFECT chose to die for us. Not only out of obedience, but LOVE <3 MY Life is forever changed!
oRmO7 TIL US Space Force members are called 'Guardians' and they are organized into 'Deltas'