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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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161x7 TIL that in Ancient Rome, urine was used as a cleaning product and even taxed by the government.
neMn9 TIL it has been 27 years since a Canadian team has won the Stanley cup. With the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. The last opportunity a Canadian team had to win the cup was in 2011, when the Vancouver Canucks lost in game 7 to the Boston Bruins.
KYAwE TIL igloos can have an interior temperature of 19-61 degrees Fahrenheit amid exterior temperatures of -45 degrees. And if constricted properly they can withstand the weight if someone standing on top of them.
aw7EN TIL in the 1940s, Marshall of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov was reluctant to be seen drinking Coca-Cola, which was often regarded as a symbol of American imperialism, so he had Coca-Cola produce a special "White Coke" that was colorless and resembled vodka
nWKWG TIL that while Robert Altman only earned $70 K for directing "MASH", his 15 y/o son earned more than $1 million for the five minutes it took him to write lyrics to the theme song, "Suicide is Painless"