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TIL of the Machete Order, a supposed superior way to watch the Star Wars saga. It sets up the story with Ep IV and V then uses the prequels as a flashback (excluding Ep I) and ties it all together with Ep VI.

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Oo44L TIL: Scientists have thought the melting and forming of ice sheets around the world changed the distribution of mass around the planet enough to shift the polar axis. Since 2000, the Earth's axis has jumped eastward by about 7 inches a year”
6977J TIL than when a demo version of the Sega CD game Keio Flying Squadron was included in the December 1994 issue of Sega Pro CD magazine, the level select cheat code was mistakenly left in the game, allowing players to access the entire game from the demo disc.
4XVNo TIL Amish men shave their mustaches as a protest against violence. The Amish were originally founded in Europe. At the time, mustaches were prevalent in the German military. The Amish began shaving their mustaches as a physical representation of their non-violent nature. It continues today.
D4pD TIL After a probation violation, Robert Downey Jr assembled the exact same “Dream Team” of Lawyers that defended OJ Simpson. He lost, and served 3 years in prison.
mX4v TIL emperor Elagabalus was married as many as five times, lavished favors on male courtiers popularly thought to have been his lovers, employed a prototype of whoopee cushions at dinner parties, and was reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace.