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TIL Disney is developing a stand-alone film featuring Boba Fett, which would take place either between A New Hope and Empire or between Empire and Jedi.

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xVBLB TIL that parents in Nordic countries have their babies nap outside in subzero temperatures so they sleep longer and better
DQwGJ TIL Four of the 9/11 hijackers passports survived the attack. Two were recovered from the wreckage of flight 93, one was recovered in luggage that had missed a connecting flight, and the fourth was recovered on the floor outside the WTC prior to the towers' collapse.
bygZ TIL: Sea Star Wasting Syndrome is wiping out star fish all along the Pacific Coast. Lesions first appear, followed by fragmentation of the body, then death. Can be rapid, killing the animal within days.
D1Ybp TIL that after the Taliban blew up two giant 4th-century Buddha statues, a network of caves were discovered which held ancient Buddhist paintings and another giant Buddha statue. This previously undiscovered statue was 62 ft tall, bigger than the two that were destroyed.
gMl67 TIL Every fourth generation of Monarch Butterflies lives 8 times longer than the previous generations and travels 10 times farther during migration.