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TIL That The Original 'Empire Strikes Back' Script Shows Darth Vader Wasn't Supposed to Be Luke's Father

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wLpMo TIL the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination
Wkd5d TIL JFK’s senior thesis, which defends Britain’s pre-WWII actions, actions JFK’s father, Ambassador to Britain at the time, supported, sold 80000 copies. Political theorist Harold Laski declined writing a foreword, stating the book was immature and only being published because of the writer's father
Ol5a TIL people of the Middle Ages widely accepted the Earth was spherical. The notion they thought the world was flat is actually a misconception.
PM5Z TIL that Hitler predicted the Cold War. “there will remain in the world only two Great Powers capable of confronting each other – the United States and Soviet Russia.”
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