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Z89mG TIL Adam Savage and Tory Belleci of Mythbusters worked on the models in the Star Wars Prequels
grKW4 TIL Americans spend the same proportion of their income (.4%) on computers today as they did on nails in 1810
w456 TIL Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody was sentenced to 5 years in prison for manslaughter after he killed a 21 year old girl in a drunk driving accident in 1991. He spent one year in prison before being released on probation with community service.
9WKr TIL South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world and a basket case economy in 1960, with a GDP Per capita of $79 (poorer than some African countries). 50 years later, the GDP per capita was over $20,000 and the country is a major world economy.
WkbGN TIL that, despite the superior balistic performances of rifled muskets, the Americn Civil War losses by infantry fire were not much different from those suffered during the Napoleonic battles. Artillery, though, was much more lethal.