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TIL that the reason Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back started with Luke being attacked by a Wampa is because Mark Hamill had been in a car crash at the end of filming of A New Hope which caused damage to his face. Lucas wanted to justify Mark’s new look

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GAVgJ TIL that King George IV attempted to divorce his wife by Act of Parliament - neither he nor Queen Caroline would admit to adultery, so the bill would declare Caroline guilty
EgMaV TIL Byzantine emperors hired Vikings as guards. One of whom, Halfdan, left runic graffiti on the Hagia Sophia.
W7GM4 TIL that Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the Gemini III mission in 1965. He offered it to his crewmate mid-flight, but they had to stash it quickly as floating crumbs threatened to interfere with the spacecraft's instruments.
9YXG6 TIL that koalas are not bears but marsupials
XEVGD TIL When the space shuttle was in operation, it could launch a payload of 27,500 kg for $1.5 billion, or $54,500/kg. For a SpaceX Falcon 9, the rocket used to access the ISS, the cost is just $2,720/kg. SpaceX’s technical advances and cost reductions have changed the direction of U.S. space policy.