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TIL James Earl Jones declined to have his name included in the credits of Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, feeling his contributions were too insignificant.

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OEG7 TIL that the number of people living in the USA that are illiterate is almost equal to the entire population of Canada (32,000,000 vs 35,000,000)
OKPL TIL that bacteria which has evolved to be able to survive in the highly toxic Berkeley Pit superfund site produces a chemical compound not found anywhere else with anticancer potential.
d860Z TIL that a Power plant can turn waste to energy | Ethiopia
rR4bo TIL of the “Great Sparrow Campaign” (打麻雀运动), during which Mao Zedong ordered the Chinese people to kill all sparrows, because they were eating farmers’ seeds. With the sparrows dead, the insect population exploded, and locusts devastated the rice fields.
p85wG TIL Fake five-star reviews are bought and sold online in the UK. These fake reviews are estimated to influence £23 billion of UK customer spending every year.