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TIL that Princess Leia's hair in Star Wars was inspired by women of the Mexican revolution.

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R59a4 Today I learned that there are 6 ongoing major wars, 15 ongoing (medium-sized?) wars, 20 ongoing smaller conflicts, and 15 ongoing skirmishes/clashes
Zpl1G TIL that before SpaceX was allowed to land the Falcon9 rockets at Vandenberg California, they had to test if the native sea lions would be bothered by the sonic booms
v1Nn8 TIL that Françafrique is a term to criticise the alleged corrupt and clandestine activities of various Franco-African political, economic and military networks.
5VlmD TIL: A man, over the phone, convinced various restaurant and grocery managers to conduct strip searches of female staff, or in one case a customer, on behalf of "the police". For at least 12 years, starting in 1992, over 70 such occurrences were reported in 30 U.S. states.
P18xg TIL about Atlantic City, Wyoming, which was founded as a mining camp in the 1860s, and had a population of 37 as of the 2010 census