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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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jOya TIL 4chan rigged Pitbull’s facebook contest so that he would perform at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska, a city with a population of less than 7000. Despite knowing what happened, Pitbull went through with it anyways.
DQ9xV TIL: The word lens comes from lēns, the Latin name of the lentil (seed of a lentil plant) because a double-convex lens is lentil-shaped. The lentil also gives its name to a geometric figure.
VMndG TIL Nikola Tesla used Sanskrit words in his descriptions of natural phenomena. After meeting Swami Vivekananda, Tesla began using the words 'Akasha', 'Prana', and the concept of a luminiferous ether to describe the source, existence and construction of matter.
gv09 TIL that the youngest medically recorded mother was 5 years old. Her son was born healthy and was raised believing that his mom was his sister.
Eg5XV Today I learned that in the Bahamas, people drive on the left side of the road, but about half the cars are designed for driving on the right side.