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TIL astronomer Galileo Galilei thought Saturn’s rings were arms

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RvN4 TIL George Lucas pitched an ending to ROTJ where Luke helps Vader take off his helmet and then puts it on himself, saying “Now I am Vader. Now I will go and kill the [Rebel] fleet and I will rule the universe”. His co-writer, Lawrence Kasdan, liked the idea, but Lucas decided not to go that dark.
5XwR TIL: In 1966, toy sellers were reluctant to stock Twister, which critics called ‘sex in a box,’ until a PR firm got Johnny Carson to play the party game with one of his guests, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Milton Bradley sold 3 million copies the following year.
9wQM7 TIL the F-22 Raptor has a Radar Cross-Section (RCS) similar to a swarm of 10 to 50 insects
8ajjb TIL in 2008 nearly half of Liechtenstein's labor force were daily commuters from nearby countries - Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
0do0j TIL about the Springfield Three, an unsolved missing persons case from 1992 in which two friends and a mother disappeared from a home in Springfield, Missouri. Their cars and personal belongings were left behind, with no signs of a struggle except a broken porch light globe.