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TIL The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "the rudest man I've ever met."

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MQX0 TIL the US signed a treaty in 1977 banning the use of weather modification techniques for warfare.
9w4lQ TIL the Rapsittie Street Kids were originally called the "Bash Street Kids" but Wolf Tracer had to change it to avoid legal action
oO98 TIL since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with roundabouts. Benefits include gas savings of 24k gallons/year per roundabout; construction costs $125,000 less per intersection; injury accidents dropped by 80 percent and total accidents dropped by 40 percent.
9Y1xG TIL The US corn industry has mostly grown through increasing government support during the last century. In the process corn became so abundant and cheap that it enabled the existence of CAFOS, ethanol and HFCS production which in turn have profoundly affected the environment and human health.
j66np TIL: A Dolphin named Peter, fell in love with an adult Female Human and committed suicide after the two were separated…